Re:Open source ‘protestware’ harms Open Source
by sirius87 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @11:17AM
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Yes, people affected should absolutely go to court. Let the courts decide if this activity of this nature in violation of the law. I absolutely support that.
Package authors who did this are also going to be ostracised by the community. So they will most likely pay a price.
It is not OK to go out and find Russian Americans and go vandalize their property to make a point. If you do so, you should face criminal charges.
I similarly think that the node module maintainers who deliberately abused their trust to make an indiscriminant attack of people's digital property should face criminal charges and civil liability.