• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    66
    ·
    1 month ago

    Yeah and thanks to us you get to enjoy free software, yet you insult us for how we think and try to get and keep open software open.

    Up yours

    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      1 month ago

      You’re saying that, and yet even Leah Rowe is sick of that.

      Also, try not to take my words out of context. We’re talking specifically about the project mentioned in the article. Tell me, what value has canoeboot and GNU boot provides?

      Coming from a (pragmatic) fan of GNU projects.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 month ago

        Also, try not to take my words out of context.

        Clarify the part where you said it’s like when you were back in college.

        The hard part here is that while you get a chance to restate your point, readers may already expect this one to sound belittling and you’ll have to try harder so this one also doesn’t sound like you’re calling people naive.

    • LeFantome@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 month ago

      You are right that the tone was a little insulting.

      That said, who is the “us” that you are referring to?

      A lot of Open Source software is written by people that would not see the use of non-free components for testing as a problem. A lot of Open Source software is written by people that believe in the superiority of collaborative software development but do not have strong opinions on user freedom. The may ever value developer freedom in ways that is incompatible with the most extreme or idealist views of user freedom.

      Are you demanding recognition to “us” for all that software?

      The post you are replying to was unnecessarily combative. Your is no better and is supported by no better moral high-ground.