Re:Notepad++ v8.4.3: Unhappy Users' Edition
by teddyh on Saturday July 09, 2022 @04:58AM
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> if he wants certain goals like increasing his user base it might be the smart move to respond to these type of people, but there are no obligations.
That sounds like a social and/or cultural obligation to me.
Re:Notepad++ v8.4.3: Unhappy Users' Edition
by lovich on Saturday July 09, 2022 @05:06PM
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How does that create an obligation? What do you mean by the term, we may be talking past each other
A social obligation, in short, is something which a person would be rude not to do, but is not required by law. I’m sure you can think of examples. I am putting forth my opinion that fixing bugs, regardless of how rude a bug report is, is a social obligation.
There are obligations other than money, but none of those exist here. There’s no contractual obligation. He put out something for free and doesn’t need to take an iota of criticism on it by people freeloading. He obviously can, and if he wants certain goals like increasing his user base it might be the smart move to respond to these type of people, but there are no obligations.