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by jwildeboer 2816 days ago
Disclaimer: I work for Red Hat

I strongly oppose these kind of attacks by people hiding their identity. No matter how valid the criticism might be, this goes against all the ethics of Open Source.

Just like the Devuan folks that vigorously attacked systemd and Lennart.

This must not be tolerated.

Yes, I’m very upset.
2 comments
JepZ 2816 days ago
Why is it problematic when people hide their identity? I mean, if the criticism is valid, what does it matter who said it?

I think hiding the identity is not the real problem here. To me, it looks more problematic, that the critique is not very constructive, one-sided and loaded with imputations.

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jwildeboer 2816 days ago
> I think hiding the identity is not the real problem here. To me, it looks more problematic, that the critique is not very constructive, one-sided and loaded with imputations.

And I think there is a strong correlation between those two things.

It definitely makes it impossible to enter in a productive discussion about how flatpak could work better. The way it stands now, this rant is useless, aimed to be destructive and simply unacceptable. IMHO.

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folknor 2816 days ago
> And I think there is a strong correlation between those two things.

There might be a correlation between those in this case.

But just because it - perhaps (I haven't actually read the "article") - applies in this case, that's a far cry from being a general rule.

Think of it in terms of - for example - a muslim speaking up against oppression in their home country, or a Tibetan speaking up against China. Should they not be allowed to do so anonymously?

It is possible in most cases to judge merit on content/argument alone.

It's very difficult to imply or deduce someones motive, whether you know who they are or not. In most cases, you would be mistaken.

I find it helpful to remind myself that most people do what they do out of love, even if their actions are/seem utterly insane, or are/seem destructive.

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IshKebab 2816 days ago
Everything has some valid criticism, but if one side pushes their particular criticism a lot people might think it is worse than the alternatives.

For example if this site is by the Snap developers...

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JdeBP 2816 days ago
That is not like the Devuan folks, who do not hide their identities.

* https://devuan.org/os/team/

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