> Threatening a person with exclusion from a community for attempting to patch the source code is quite antithetical to the spirit of Open Source, as far as I can see.
Note that they were never prevented from forking the project (how would you even do that), instead they chose to try and stronghand the project into accepting their view, which is also not healthy for OSS. Maybe their Elm fork would be mainstream by now if it really catered to developers’ needs.
It's always the same story, too. Someone felt personally wronged by something actually quite minor like their their PR getting ignored/rejected with perhaps a tone too snappy for them, and now they have a personal vendetta until the end of time with no rock nor HN comment section left unturned from them lingering in the past.
Sometimes you need to leave the theater and let the rest of us enjoy the show.
Hopefully a mod sinks this entire thread so we can read interesting thoughts about Roc.
Seems like the Author of Roc is cool now, that was 5 years ago and hasn't done the thing you fear he might do? people get testy, say things they regret.
I understand trust is earned, but it's been 5 years. and the Roc community thus far have been really nice, welcoming and collaborative. I get Elixir and Ruby community vibes from these contributors.
Pick your battles I guess?
Roc isn't Elm. RF is one person in that community, and he said something he regretted 5 years ago and has since not repeated that mistake.
Do you know the moral dealings of every developer of every piece of technology you use?
When it comes to Roc and It's community..ask yourself.
“Am I sure that what I am going to say is true?”
“Is what I'm going to say a good thing?”,
and “Do I really need to say it and is it useful?”