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GitHub Restores Account of Developer Who Intentionally Corrupted His Libraries
What happened after a developer intentionally corrupted two of their libraries which collectively had more than 20 million weekly downloads and thousands of dependent projects?
Mike Melanson's "This Week in Programming" column reports:
In response to the corrupted libraries, Microsoft quickly suspended his GitHu ... ⌘ Read more
Anyone been following this story about this OSS Developer that corrupted his two very popular libraries? I can't be bothered reading this _shit_ 😅 Someone gimme the short version 😂
Anyone been following this story about this OSS Developer that corrupted his two very popular libraries? I can't be bothered reading this _shit_ 😅 Someone gimme the short version 😂
@prologic I think that’s it. He willingly caused a mess, got suspended, and now he is back after having fixed/fixing things. The reason why he did it, according to the previous /. post, was because:
> […] The reason behind this mischief on the developer's part appears to be retaliation—against mega-corporations and commercial consumers of open-source projects who extensively rely on cost-free and community-powered software but do not, according to the developer, give back to the community […]
@fastidious So did he license his work appropriately so that companies would be required to contribute back? 🤔
Or was he just a whining whining bitch?! 😳
@fastidious So did he license his work appropriately so that companies would be required to contribute back? 🤔
Or was he just a whining whining bitch?! 😳
@prologic I think it is the last. It is also a stunt for a brief moment of fame. It was a imbecilic thing to do.