Comment on Mozilla will move Firefox development from Mercurial to Microsoft’s GitHub

• lysdexic@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because Microsoft will eat your ass in your sleep

  So Microsoft has access to Firefox’s source code. So what? Isn’t the point of a FLOSS project that your source code should be made available to everyone?

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  • TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mozilla allegedly stands for a bunch of stuff that is be definition incompatible with hosting code on GitHub as it is. I bet a lot of people were expecting a lot more from them and instead got this move. Well… I guess this is like unique browser ID that each installation has or the fact that it contacts a 3rd party analytics company no matter your settings - people start by complaining and eventually even say it is right. lol so much for privacy and whatnot.

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    • lysdexic@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mozilla allegedly stands for a bunch of stuff that is be definition incompatible with hosting code on GitHub as it is.

      Your statement is fundamentally wrong on many levels, including the fact that it goes against the fundamental premise of FLOSS which is that “the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software.”

      I bet a lot of people were expecting a lot more from them (…)

      You only speak for yourself. You do not have a mandate to speak on behalf of anyone, including Firefox users such as myself. Keep your personal opinions as personal. You have the right to have a personal opinion, but you do not have the right to pass them off as anyone else’s.

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      • TCB13@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Your statement is fundamentally wrong on many levels, including the fact that it goes against the fundamental premise of FLOSS which is tha

        What is it in my statement that goes against that? Nothing. Just read Mozilla’s Manifesto and then tell me how hosting code on GitHub doesn’t go against Principle 2, 3, 4 and 7. Mozzila’s missing is “to ensure the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all” and by pushing their code on Github they’re making it more popular, essentially perpetuating Microsoft’s dominant market position that is very likely to result in even more abuse, more ecosystems and less open solutions in the future. There’s no way to justify a company with Mozilla’s resources doing this.

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  • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think they were making a joke

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    • lysdexic@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think they were making a joke

      The missing /s, coupled with some absurd comments on this thread, make it hard to tell apart the jokes from the activists.

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      • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s fair, but with that said, I’m gonna eat your ass

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• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Go on…

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