alcinnzalcinnz@floss.social
Apr 24, 2023, 6:03 AM@RL_Dane I was generalizing a bit, I don't think most people saying that realise it. But heard of the GIMP for GLIMPSE? Heard of the Audacity fork Tenacity?
Those are some high profile cases!
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Apr 24, 2023, 2:17 PMYes, the rationale behind the GIMP fork was kinda odd,
the brouhaha about Audacity was pretty ridiculous- alcinnzalcinnz@floss.socialApr 24, 2023, 4:33 PM
@RL_Dane Think what you like about the rationals, but I whole heartedly defend anyone's right to fork! That's what The Four Freedoms boil down to, isn't it?
- Apr 24, 2023, 4:50 PM
Absolutely! We can kvetch about the dilution and fragmentation of the FOSS "marketplace," but you can't restrict that freedom an iota without inherently damaging FOSS.
In fact, I oppose any and all efforts to introduce power and coercion into FOSS, including using dependencies to force people to use a particular init system or libc, or using libraries to prevent modification of the visual style of a desktop.
I think those are crappy. :P