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by devnonymous 2395 days ago
> It's a wretched, insidious text sneaked in by very bad actors into mainstream open source repositories.

Replace text with code and think about how the supposed 'meritocracy' of open source deals with the problem? Isn't 'nobody is stopping you from forking it', 'submit a pull request', 'the community/bdfl has final say', not apply here as well? Or do the benefits of open collaboration stop at code?
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devnonymous 2395 days ago
Here let me be even more clear for the downvoting-without-commenting cowards :

  > It's a wretched, insidious *code* sneaked in by very bad
  > actors into mainstream open source repositories.
How would have OSS projects historically dealt with code pushed by someone, which was deemed detrimental/inferior to the overall intent and purpose of the software ?

Isn't it the presumption that whatever gets absorbed / pulled in, reflects the consensus of the community involved and that the future of the project is determined by the sort of natural evolution ? ...the bazaar ? So, if the bazaar now puts value on CoCs ...you may either contribute or dissent and start up your own competing replacement. Isn't that the way it was supposed to work ?

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username90 2395 days ago
These people said they won't contribute to a project with a CoC, which is exactly what you say they should do. So what is the point of your post? They are already following your advice!
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devnonymous 2395 days ago
Umm no. Can you read threads in whatever client you are reading this on?

The post I replied to said that they were put off by a CoC and alleged that this is being pushed by bad actors. My point was to say that the CoC exists in the repos because of the same reasons open source exists. Not because of insidious acts of bad actors.

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