Re:Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyri...
by tomnipotent on Saturday December 25, 2021 @02:49PM
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> After reading the above, is it really that edgy to be assuming the worst?
Yes. Neither of this are particularly damning.
> doesn't that speak to a systemic and/or cultural issue
No, not particularly. I think it says more about the person jumping to such conclusions considering the evidence.
Re:Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyri...
by 3np on Saturday December 25, 2021 @06:17PM
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To late to edit or delete my comment above but just to set it straight I just learned that the whole lerna debacle linked above was a nothing-burger aka fake news.
https://github.com/microsoft/rushstack/issues/673#issuecomme...
Sorry for using it without fact-checking it properly, I guess.
https://keivan.io/the-day-appget-died/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180715225433/https://threadrea...
It took significant public outrage and press coverage before either of those were even acknowledged, a long time after.
> What were the chances that Microsoft was openly doing that?
After reading the above, is it really that edgy to be assuming the worst? If it's truly just recurring instances of different rogue employees, doesn't that speak to a systemic and/or cultural issue that needs to be addressed with additional internal safeguards and/or deterrents to prevent it from happening again?
To the credit of the relevant team here, today this was promptly addressed as soon as it got their attention. But it will take more than that to set to rest decades of precedence.
(I did not partake in the flaming and don't find it constructive or beneficial; just saying I have full understanding of the suspicion and understand that MS are still on probation)