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Got death threats because I wasn't prioritizing stuff people were requesting, said nah I'm done

crinkly 1y ago
Lovely people no? I had death threats once for raising a github issue!
pinewurst 1y ago
I open sourced a portable benchmark program and was getting angry responses because I wouldn't accept changes to make it Linux-specific.
- lrvick 1y ago
  Just tell them to fork it. Done. No need to take any grief you do not want.
  - enobrev 1y ago
    Probably a bit rude, but maybe we can all agree to accept "fork off" as an acceptable, concise, and descriptive answer to unwanted requests.
    - kstrauser 1y ago
      “Go fork yourself.”
      - em-bee 1y ago
        i'd go with "go fork it yourself". more correct, and less direct. makes it more like a creative insult where the recipient has to think whether they have actually been insulted or not.
        collingreen 1y ago
        I've enjoyed using "Looking forward to your fork/PR!" for a long time now. Caveat: I dont have any big projects nor anything that brings me money or fame. It is possible my slightly snarky responses have limited the projects' potential so consider what you're trying to get out of your open source before following any advice.
    - klardotsh 1y ago
      Self-plug for a tongue-in-cheek license I wrote to say exactly that, for exactly this reason :) https://codeberg.org/klardotsh/fork-off-public-license https://codeberg.org/klardotsh/fork-off-public-license Fully agreed. FOSS maintainers don't owe you anything. You can ask for whatever you want, politely, but accept no or "maybe when I have the spoons, which may be never" as an answer, and don't push.
      - pabs3 1y ago
        > If you've received source code with this license attached, you are free to build, run, and/or redistribute it. Maybe insert a few more rights here, like "modify"?
        klardotsh 1y ago
        Sure! Maybe I'll finally get a v0.99 or a v1.0 together one of these days.
zote 1y ago
were you working on an emulator perchance?
- throwaway889900 1y ago
  Nope.
- duxup 1y ago
  I've only recently had exposure to just a bit of the emulator world. Even the nice people aren't nice. No idea what the story is there but wow.
noname120 1y ago
I literally had someone tell me that I’m a coward and a psychopath because I didn’t prioritize solving their problem: https://github.com/devnoname120/vhbb/issues/75#issuecomment-561500026 https://github.com/devnoname120/vhbb/issues/75#issuecomment-... I don’t regret open-sourcing this project but god as your project becomes popular bad apples start joining and ruining the party for everyone. Fortunately it’s only a tiny minority, but it’s what stays the most on your mind.

Lovely people no? I had death threats once for raising a github issue!

I open sourced a portable benchmark program and was getting angry responses because I wouldn't accept changes to make it Linux-specific.

lrvick 1y ago
Just tell them to fork it. Done. No need to take any grief you do not want.
- enobrev 1y ago
  Probably a bit rude, but maybe we can all agree to accept "fork off" as an acceptable, concise, and descriptive answer to unwanted requests.
  - kstrauser 1y ago
    “Go fork yourself.”
    - em-bee 1y ago
      i'd go with "go fork it yourself". more correct, and less direct. makes it more like a creative insult where the recipient has to think whether they have actually been insulted or not.
      - collingreen 1y ago
        I've enjoyed using "Looking forward to your fork/PR!" for a long time now. Caveat: I dont have any big projects nor anything that brings me money or fame. It is possible my slightly snarky responses have limited the projects' potential so consider what you're trying to get out of your open source before following any advice.
  - klardotsh 1y ago
    Self-plug for a tongue-in-cheek license I wrote to say exactly that, for exactly this reason :) https://codeberg.org/klardotsh/fork-off-public-license https://codeberg.org/klardotsh/fork-off-public-license Fully agreed. FOSS maintainers don't owe you anything. You can ask for whatever you want, politely, but accept no or "maybe when I have the spoons, which may be never" as an answer, and don't push.
    - pabs3 1y ago
      > If you've received source code with this license attached, you are free to build, run, and/or redistribute it. Maybe insert a few more rights here, like "modify"?
      - klardotsh 1y ago
        Sure! Maybe I'll finally get a v0.99 or a v1.0 together one of these days.

zote 1y ago

were you working on an emulator perchance?

throwaway889900 1y ago
Nope.
duxup 1y ago
I've only recently had exposure to just a bit of the emulator world. Even the nice people aren't nice. No idea what the story is there but wow.

noname120 1y ago

I literally had someone tell me that I’m a coward and a psychopath because I didn’t prioritize solving their problem: https://github.com/devnoname120/vhbb/issues/75#issuecomment-561500026 https://github.com/devnoname120/vhbb/issues/75#issuecomment-... I don’t regret open-sourcing this project but god as your project becomes popular bad apples start joining and ruining the party for everyone. Fortunately it’s only a tiny minority, but it’s what stays the most on your mind.