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Don't be that guy. (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by hperrin@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

When you're talking to an open source dev, just remember that they are literally giving you their time for free, and they are people who don't like to be treated poorly.

Edit: Just to be clear, I don’t mean any ill will toward the guy. He’s frustrated and he’s just taking it out in the wrong venue at the wrong people, but that doesn’t mean he’s a bad person.

Edit 2: The reinstalling he’s talking about is NPM. So just running npm install. It’s because he tried removing the node_modules directory, which is a reasonable thing to do, but it means you need to reinstall the modules with that command.

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[-] appel@lemmy.ml 32 points 11 months ago

I disagree, in neither scenario the open source dev owes him anything. You get to use and modify the software for free, but the flip side is you are entitled to nothing.

[-] Raxiel@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago
[-] appel@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Malware is not usually open source.

[-] robby@zoinks.one 7 points 11 months ago

@appel@lemmy.ml not open source is usually malware

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this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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