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1. stale2+J3[view] [source] 2018-11-27 00:59:23
>>jashke+(OP)
He is correct that open source developers don't "owe" anyone anything. But this is kinda missing the point.

The point is that if you have a bad development process, people are going to have issues. And these issues are real.

Even though you have no "obligation" to solve these problems that you have created for other people, you shouldn't be surprised if people bring them up, or perhaps even fork the project with a bunch of other people who also have problems with you.

Sure, the community does not own your time, but neither do you own the community. A community is fully within it right to do something else with their time, or convince other people to contribute to a different project.

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2. slig+c4[view] [source] 2018-11-27 01:03:17
>>stale2+J3
I believe your last two paragraphs are exactly what he's suggesting: complainers are free to fork and work on a better process if they're so inclined.
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3. stale2+Q4[view] [source] 2018-11-27 01:09:00
>>slig+c4
In his post he stated as follow:

> But kindly don't burn the community down on your way out, with self-serving proclamations

This is him complaining about what the community is doing. The community is free to do what it wants, and he is making some sort of statement as if he owns the community in some way, and therefore can decide what is or is not "burning it down".

Convincing other people to leave the closure community (IE, burning it down) is a perfectly reasonable thing to do if there really are problems with it.

Complaining about what the community is doing, is him making the same mistake that he is complaining about other people doing.

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