| You're responding to an argument that I didn't make. Your entire post appears to be a response to a fictional rewriting of my posts which doesn't exist. For the record—: • I didn't say (and I don't believe) that developers "should be immune to criticism" • I didn't describe (and I do reject) an "ideology that obligates [anyone] to hold [their] tongue." • I never defined any "bounds for acceptable criticism." • I never said "All criticism should be formatted as patches or forks." Nobody is obligated to act in accordance with anyone else's opinion of the spirit of a community. People are free to do whatever they wish as long as it's within the bounds of law and license conditions. I have no problem with any form of criticism, although I do find it more worthy of one's attention when it's constructive. I do have a problem with the attitude of some people who get offended when their criticism is rejected or ignored. What I reject is the assertion that the copyright holder of an open source software project is obligated to follow a certain mode of behaviour. By contrast, you're saying that "everybody has an obligation to refrain from bad behaviour." So in a surprise twist, it turns out the only person obligating a certain ideology upon others here is you. |