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almaember almaember at disroot.org
Mon Oct 25 23:20:21 BST 2021
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He merely owns the website/capsule it's hosted on. Taking and hosting it, or even rewording it to avoid copyright issues, is a relatively simple task.
GitLab doesn't own the GitLab specification just because it's hosted there, and neither does the operator of this mailing list own this message.
I called those things axioms, which in retrospect is a little odd choice of word, because it's just that, something that is taken as true and forming the basis of the argument and not the argument itself.
I do not criticize him for taking a break, that's okay. My problem is with the way he returned, i.e., taking power he basically didn't have any rights to at that point. The only thing he's currently doing is hosting a website and capsule.
And, lastly this is not an open source project per se. More like a set of conventions projects agree on. In other words, a standard.
On October 26, 2021 12:09:45 AM GMT+02:00, Andrew Thorp <andrew.thorp.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
I think it's fair to say the term "dictator" was probably somewhat
tongue in cheek, especially given the informal tone and the joke in
the second sentence.
They took what was likely a mental health break, given their recent gemlog post.
Solderpunk is by definition the owner of the Gemini project insofar as
they control the canonical specification.
I don't disagree with your "axioms" but let's keep things in
perspective and be civil.
Obviously two months is a long time to be gone but owning an open
source project doesn't mean Solderpunk is obligated to always have a
presence or be responsive.
Their interaction with the community is 100% at-will.
- Andrew
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