Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

Posted Jul 4, 2022 16:30 UTC (Mon) by bluca (subscriber, #118303)
In reply to: Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come! by LtWorf
Parent article: Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

There's all sort of completely irrelevant things that are not said. I don't care about reading your (or anyone else's) autobiography when reading your comments on an LWN article.

Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

Posted Jul 10, 2022 1:03 UTC (Sun) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

This sort of disclaimer has been common in internet discussions for 30 years. There's nothing strange in expecting something like "i work for microsoft who owns github but am not involved or especially invested in their take, and my opinions here are my own".

Surely, in low quality environments this is no longer done, but its reasonable and informs discussion as well as protects you.

Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come!

Posted Jul 11, 2022 21:27 UTC (Mon) by jschrod (subscriber, #1646) [Link]

Sorry - but I'm active on the 'Net since 1985 - and it is quite usual to add such clarifications if you write about a product of the company you're working for.

This is highly relevant.