On Sat, 28 May 2022 14:30:30 -0600 emilypi@cohomolo.gy wrote:
gonna be completely honest - i appreciate the patches but i'm not going to go through the labor of applying something this trivial. Unless not using Github is a conscientious protest against ICE or their military contracts or the like , i'm liable to just reject email patches that are not security related or critical fixes on policy grounds.
I believe reliance on proprietary platforms is detrimental to free software [1]. Note, though, I was not trying to circumvent the preferred submission process as I mentioned in another email in this thread. Email has the lowest barrier to entry. By raising the barrier, drive-by contributions are discouraged. Not only are they useful on their own, any drive-by contribution may just be the first of many. Unless it doesn't happen. Imagine you came to volunteer at a charity event. It happens to be hosted at a corporate office that has otherwise nothing to do with the charity. However, the corporation requires every volunteer to enrol in their loyalty programme (which includes analysing and accepting the terms of service and privacy policy whatever it may be) before they are allowed on premises. I would find that obnoxious. [1] https://drewdevault.com/2022/03/29/free-software-free-infrastructure.html