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0 pointsmaxerickson11y ago0 comments

Your focus on the software and license (which continues in your clarification) is more a demonstration that you haven't understood the situation than it is disagreement with anything being discussed. The complaint is Please remove my repositories from the website and do not add a way to add them again. I do not value third party websites gameifying my projects, but where it says "repositories", it is not talking about copies of the software, it is talking about listings on tip4commit.com that look(ed!) like they were collecting donations for mitsuhiko/*.

Maybe my other replies will make more sense in that light.

(the (ed!) is because they at least have stuck up a disclaimer saying the projects don't like the funding)

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teamhappy11y ago

The reason I felt the need to explain the legal situation is that some people seem to think there's an objective right/wrong here and that's just not true.

Furthermore, I believe the reaction to this issue is way over the top. The tip4commit people seem very well intentioned in that they created a website for people to donate to open source projects. They might be stubborn and adding the disclaimer might have taken a couple of days to long, but I don't see how any of this justifies so much hate.

maxericksonOP11y ago

Your explanation of the legal situation comes out of nowhere. It's not related to why people find the website so distasteful (I think I've tried to explain that enough already). I'm wondering if you are being deliberately obtuse about this.

The best thing tip4commit could do to demonstrate their very well intention would be to quickly listen to anybody who asks them to remove the offer to collect donations (that is, simply listen to the thunderous frustration rather than wondering where all the hate is coming from while trying to explain how they are just doing this nice thing).

rdtsc11y ago

> The tip4commit people seem very well intentioned

Yeah, it seems after their response to the issue their intentions became a bit more clear, and they are as good you claim.

teamhappy11y ago

> [...] it seems after their response to the issue their intentions became a bit more clear [...]

Care to share any new insights you've gained?

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0 pointsmaxerickson11y ago0 comments

Maybe my other replies will make more sense in that light.

(the (ed!) is because they at least have stuck up a disclaimer saying the projects don't like the funding)

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teamhappy11y ago

The reason I felt the need to explain the legal situation is that some people seem to think there's an objective right/wrong here and that's just not true.

maxericksonOP11y ago

rdtsc11y ago

> The tip4commit people seem very well intentioned

Yeah, it seems after their response to the issue their intentions became a bit more clear, and they are as good you claim.

teamhappy11y ago

> [...] it seems after their response to the issue their intentions became a bit more clear [...]

Care to share any new insights you've gained?

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