You’ve written so much, forgetting one basic thing about open source - he granted an irrevocable legal license to use every published version of his software. The MIT license isn’t just words, it contains enforceable legal rights. He broke other people’s software when he had no right to.
That’s the difference between unpublishing software and removing photos from Instagram. Understand that before jumping to his defence.
You talk like you know so much about HN. Why don’t you try deleting a comment of yours older than 2 hours. You’ve never tried it? Perhaps because you don’t know as much as you think you do. HN policy is that you don’t own the comments you’ve made, because a comment section is a tapestry created through collaboration. A petulant child wanting to destroy tapestries they’ve participated in will be told politely “no”.
You’re so keen to preach HN rules? Preach it to your fellow countryman that you’re stanning so hard. There’s only one flagged comment on this thread and it’s his.
Also, it unfortunately isn't the first time you've done this (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42565389), although it seems to be the first time you jumped into a full-blown flamewar. Please don't do it again. We have to ban users that abuse the site like this, and I don't want to ban you.
If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of HN more to heart, we'd be grateful.
When I was writing these replies, there were no flagged comments, and if there were, I can see them, if I want. That's an option you can change. I'm sure you know this better than me. You're here since 2014, and I'm here since 2017. Our comment histories are open. You can check whether I'm a sockpuppet or not.
The MIT license doesn't tell anything about availability of the source. In fact, MIT licensed software doesn't have to be Open Source at all. I can get the source, modify, compile and distribute the binaries without the source code attached, and no one can compel me about opening the source code. That's a requirement set forth by GPL family, and even these say that source should be available for a reasonable amount of time, not indefinitely, and certainly not online. IOW, I can sell GPL software, without putting its source code online. The only obligation is to provide the source to the people who have gotten the software (i.e.: How RedHat operates).
My only example was not my Instagram photos. I have also talked about my GitHub repositories (which I am not deleting because of my personal reasons), and again, I'm not here to defend them. To reiterate, I'm a completely different human being who happens to disagree with you.
HN's no delete policy was there since I joined, and I agreed to this when I started participating here. If they do something which is against my values, I'll leave this place, too (like I left Reddit back in the day). I'm not afraid to put my values first. In fact, this is why I have replied to you this much. I'm putting forward my perspective and values, which is not defending someone. I'm a lone person, walking my own way.
Your prejudice and anger is blocking your view. Currently three comments of you are also flagged.
It's enough that you're reflecting your beliefs and prejudices to other people in the form of low-key insults. Also your tea is going cold. It's not polite to not aceept a friendship drink offered in good faith.
This is my last reply on this comment thread, because this is a new day, and I have to handle other matters, too. Without any hard feelings, I wish you the best of luck, and have a nice day.
See you around.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Please don't, regardless of how annoying someone else is or you feel they are. We ban accounts that abuse the site like this, and as I told you that last time this came up, I don't want to ban you.
Edit: this has unfortunately been a problem for a long time:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39173389 (Jan 2024)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39173369 (Jan 2024)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34318179 (Jan 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29957666 (Jan 2022)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29957627 (Jan 2022)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26127667 (Feb 2021)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13804804 (March 2017)
Yes, they have asked NPM to remove all of their packages. It's on them. NPM didn't do it, but gave a tool to do it themselves.
I deserted GitHub the day Copilot came online. I archived my repositories just because I didn't want broken links on comments and notes I have written god knows where.
I stopped uploading photos to Instagram the day they started doing AI training with my images. I didn't delete them because my partner likes them.
I can delete these repositories, photos, whatever I have online. I have no obligation to anyone. It's same for them. It's their code they developed by themselves. They can delete them, and just don't care what happens next.
Why this freedom bothers you that much?
P.S.: We don't do ad-hominem attacks here. Please refer to guidelines for more information. Thanks for your cooperation.