Comment on Lemmy's Image Problem
masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 months agoThe word obligation is not as narrow as you’re using it:
obligation /ŏb″lĭ-gā′shən/
noun A social, legal, or moral requirement, such as a duty, contract, or promise, that compels one to follow or avoid a particular course of action. “Are you able to meet your obligations?” “I have an obligation to attend their wedding.”
Does he have a contractual obligation? No, no contracts were signed. Does he have a legal obligation? No, the license file in the project absolves him of legal liability.
But he absolutely has a moral, social, and professional obligation to do so.
CeeBee@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you want to apply such a better definition, then you have an obligation to learn Rust and submit a PR to bring the project into compliance. You have a societal obligation since you are aware of the issue and use Lemmy.
You owe it to your fellow Lemmites. Lemurs? Lemmings? Whatever the term for a Lemmy user is.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
All I have an obligation to do is give back to society, and I do so through taking care of my parents and grandparents, volunteering teaching classes every weekend at the community center, volunteering to upgrade and maintain an app for a non profit, donating to charity, helping my elderly neighbours with their snow and leaf clearing, etc.
And if you find one of my github projects that will cause a user to violate a local law, kindly file an issue and I’ll update the README.md / consider taking it down until the issue is fixed.
CeeBee@lemmy.world 4 months ago
100% your prerogative.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Nope, it’s my moral, ethical, social, and legal obligation as an engineer.