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Re:Open source is not about you (2018) by stavros on Saturday July 02, 2022 @01:10PM (#31960710)
People (me included) think that publishing and maintaining software is an implicit guarantee of (or attempt at) some level of proper behavior. When the software doesn't work as it should, people feel that that guarantee has been violated.

Many contribute fixes and actively improve the software, but many post entitled comments.

Re:Open source is not about you (2018) by bsuvc on Saturday July 02, 2022 @02:07PM (#31961075)
> People (me included) think that publishing and maintaining software is an implicit guarantee of (or attempt at) some level of proper behavior

Except there is no implicit guarantee.

For example the Apache 2.0 license outright says it, so there is no argument about "implicit guarantees"

https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

7. Disclaimer of Warranty. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each Contributor provides its Contributions) on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using or redistributing the Work and assume any risks associated with Your exercise of permissions under this License

Re:Open source is not about you (2018) by b3morales on Saturday July 02, 2022 @02:19PM (#31961140)
On the other hand you cannot create and maintain a community purely by contract.
Re:Open source is not about you (2018) by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday July 03, 2022 @09:02AM (#31967393)
I would bet that 95% of the open source projects on GitHub have no community. Does that mean they are not open source to you?
Re:Open source is not about you (2018) by stavros on Saturday July 02, 2022 @02:13PM (#31961105)
I agree.
Re:Open source is not about you (2018) by robonerd on Saturday July 02, 2022 @03:25PM (#31961601)
There is no such thing as an "implicit guarantee". Guarantees are affirmative assurances, they can't be implicit.