| > I also think that there is a modest duty owed to users to explain things. > I fundamentally disagree that maintainers owe users nothing. > I strongly believe that when you create something for people to use that there’s an implicit social contract about how to go about doing certain things. do you realize how unhinged this all reads like? there is no duty. nothing is owed to no one. there is no implicit anything. this is all happening in your head. you are making up things that don't exist. the social contract is not a real thing either. the only contract you can have with the author of rsync is the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3, and then, only when you get a copy of rsync. > getting frustrated and then changing the project to delete the entire system is a crime boop: strawman argument — you have been disqualified > Is any business built on top of rsync going to donate their money in a sustainable manner? does it matter? do you have an invoice for rsync? the author wrote it themselves, he is retired, and sailing. unless google is buying him a new boat, i doubt he gives a crap what anyone has to offer. truly obscene is the fabricated idea that you are owed anything after downloading code from github. > I am also unsure of what to do here either. touch grass? |