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points by rytill 4 days ago | 0 comments

"The community" of every single person that works on software and names things? For which you can speak?

In general, traditionally there are underappreciated curators that take on the role of keeping a named package or program consistent, and may go though a personal validation process with a OS build organization to provide a chain of accountability for the user-base.

The amount of abuse these people endure from general users is a classic rerun. =3

[–] gnabgib 4 days ago

Oh that community! Yeah we banned Joel_Mckay for speaking for us

[–] Joel_Mckay 4 days ago

I wish I had more time to participate in FOSS these days, as there is a backlog of projects I'd like to get done.

Now mostly focused on rather boring small stuff... like sub-micron boring... Have a wonderful day =3

[–] marcus_holmes 4 days ago

"we"?

[–] Joel_Mckay 4 days ago

Are you asking a bad comedian to explain their joke?

My only active FOSS project right now is a unpublished 3D volumetric slicer for a home metal printer that won't be public for another 2 to 3 years for various trade reasons. I code mostly for fun these days, and the dude doesn't sound like fun to work around. =3

[–] marcus_holmes 3 days ago

I was trying, but obviously failing, to extend the joke by asking who "we" was, as per the old Lone Ranger joke (https://huntthedevil.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/what-do-you-me...)

I have no FOSS projects, I'm not sure I entirely agree with it all, there's an element of "getting developers to create free stuff for corporations". I notice there are no "FOSS" architecture plans, or any other professional output. But I digress. Good for you :)

[–] Joel_Mckay 3 days ago

It is a personal choice to share commercially non-viable works under Apache 2.0, but I agree FOSS won't normally pay the bills.

One can't do a OSS project expecting other people to give a toss, but rather it solves a niche issue you and 5 other hobbyists encountered. =3