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Open Source Entitlement

The cluster centers on debates about the 'tragedy of open source,' including maintainer frustrations with entitled users, hypocrisy in OSS usage, and the downsides of freely sharing code.

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lithos • Apr 21, 2021 • View on HN

Makes sense considering how open source people are treated.

draw_down • Feb 21, 2021 • View on HN

Huh, thought you guys loved open source

hardsoftnfloppy • Jun 1, 2020 • View on HN

“We contribute to open source now, everything is fair game”

pvorb • Jan 15, 2016 • View on HN

It's not a good problem for the Open Source community after all.

infinite8s • Aug 5, 2016 • View on HN

It's the tragedy of open source. See - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10905845

mhluongo • Nov 27, 2018 • View on HN

It's not, it's about the entitlement of many users of open source projects.

save_ferris • Jan 9, 2020 • View on HN

You're complaining about the very thing that allows OSS to exist.

coronadisaster • May 18, 2020 • View on HN

It is not ok if you want open source to take over the world.

greatgib • Jan 10, 2022 • View on HN

Again someone that doesn't understand the spirit of open source....

smashah • Feb 16, 2022 • View on HN

Nice work! Ignore the "open source" puritans.