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by orf1 hours ago |
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upvoteby jacquesm59 minutes ago|
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That's a dick move because you are opening up an open source project to claims of infringement without recourse.

Why on earth would you force stuff on a party that has said they don't want that?

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upvoteby orf55 minutes ago|
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Sure, but back in reality no you’re not? No more than any other contributor?

If I want to use an auto-complete then I can, and I will? Restricting that is as regressive as a project trying to specify that I write code from a specific country or… standing on my head.

Sure, if they want me to add a “I’m writing this standing on my head” message in the PR then I will… but I’m not.

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upvoteby jacquesm36 minutes ago|
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No, you can't. See, that's where you are just wrong: when you don't respect the boundaries an open source project sets that you want to contribute to then you are a net negative.

Restricting this is their right, and it is not for you to attempt to overrule that right. Besides the fact that you do not oversee the consequences it also makes you an asshole.

They're not asking for you to write standing on your head, they are asking for you to author your contributions yourself.

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upvoteby orf16 minutes ago|
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They are asking me to author my contributions in a way that they approve of. The essence of the request is the same as asking someone to author them whilst standing on their head.

Except they don’t, won’t and can’t control that: the very request is insulting.

I’ll make a change any way I choose, upright, sideways, using AI. My choice. Not theirs.

Their choice is to accept it or reject it based purely on the change itself, because that’s all there is.

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upvoteby duskdozer2 minutes ago|
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So, "might makes right", essentially?
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