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Re:Give nothing, expect nothing: Gitlab latest punching bag ... by HidyBush on Thursday August 11, 2022 @05:21AM (#32423316)
Curious how somehow if ten developers work together they are a nice community that needs to be supported, but the moment they sign a few documents and become a company they immeditely become a soulless entity whose exploitation, ridicule and abuse is morally justifiable.
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Re:Give nothing, expect nothing: Gitlab latest punching bag ... by zach_garwood on Thursday August 11, 2022 @08:49AM (#32424865)
Because those documents you glossed over created a legally distinct entity precisely to take the liability away from those who signed. If they didn't want this soulless entity to exist, they shouldn't have created it.
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Re:Give nothing, expect nothing: Gitlab latest punching bag ... by moffkalast on Thursday August 11, 2022 @09:41AM (#32425399)
I mean yeah the difference is that one's for profit and one isn't. That's the tipping point for just about anything.

Do something really well for fun? Just a cool admirable hobby. The second you start to do it for money it becomes a job and people will judge you in a completely different light.

As usual money ruins everything.

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Re:Give nothing, expect nothing: Gitlab latest punching bag ... by HidyBush on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:49PM (#32428493)
>we are offering this for free as a community. no guarantees

>we are offering this for free as a company. no guarantees

if you think one's criticizable and the other one isn't I don't know what to tell you

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Re:Give nothing, expect nothing: Gitlab latest punching bag ... by moffkalast on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:54PM (#32428593)
A community has no inherent incentive to make money. A few guys on some discord working on public open source code nobody has legal rights to sell, all just because they like to do it? What's there to criticize?

The sole point of a corporate entity is to make money. That's the whole point. There's no reason to assume otherwise unless it's a clear non-profit organization.

People don't make a company out of the goodness of their heart. Hell, they wouldn't even open one if they didn't have to do it to pay taxes. Speaking from experience here.

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