I have no qualms with him deciding to step away from developing Zulip or setting up a foundation. My qualms are with his choice to work for an AI company when someone of his experience could easily have found a job working somewhere else. Public figures should be subject to criticism of their ethical choices when they make bad ones.
replyThey are doing work, they're advocating for what they believe in. Consumers of FOSS deserve to have a voice too.
replyIf you see complaining on forums and maintaining software as contributing the same kind of value, then oh boy do I have an enterprise-grade comment thread to sell you.
replyI think the op was suggesting the contribute to FOSS rather than shaming people who have contributed greatly for not contributing more.
replyIt's easy to advocate for what you believe in by posting comments on HN. It's harder to advocate for what you believe in by taking a low-paying job in a FOSS company, which they presumably didn't do.
replyIf you're going to blame the consumer, might as well blame the person that chose to easily be exploited too.
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