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So let me be very clear: if you as a maintainer feel that you control who or what can use your code, YOU ARE WRONG.

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[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

Exactly. Airing-out Hellwig's successful attempt to sabotage Rust efforts (and it was successful, given that at least two important maintainers have already resigned) was good, actually.

Unfortunately, it seems that Linus doesn't have the maturity to recognize that, and this cycle is likely to continue, barring something good and unforeseen happening.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (9 children)

so the social media publicity was required to resolve this issue?

do you realise the rust contributor quit after making everything public?

this was a technical issue that took Linus more than a week to check before making a clear decision

what you said is speculative nonsense

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

so the social media publicity was required to resolve this issue?

Certainly seems that way unfortunately.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

you really think Linus would have ignored that email forever?

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago

If the Rust guy hadn't made a fuss? Absolutely.

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