> The tone of our decade-long mutually-beneficial relationship is set by GitHub’s Terms of Service. Thinking there was more to it was naive.
I really want to support that kind of sentiment. In fact, I want to support it every time I get a chance. That's just how I am. I enjoy people hating on Microsoft and such. I may even provoke it when it's not entirely justified.
But to be fair, making a twitter post about "some random project we host fucked up a bit, let's help them to get followers back" does seem to qualify as something "more to it". I'm pretty sure they weren't legally obliged to do that as well. And I'm pretty sure ads on github's official twitter aren't cheap either.
(But I do find that "not legally obliged" tone extremely insulting in any kind of relationships too. I myself also tend to get all "oh, so that's how you want to talk?" over that. I guess, I hate lawyers as much as I hate Microsoft. After all, they are essentially the same thing.)
I really want to support that kind of sentiment. In fact, I want to support it every time I get a chance. That's just how I am. I enjoy people hating on Microsoft and such. I may even provoke it when it's not entirely justified.
But to be fair, making a twitter post about "some random project we host fucked up a bit, let's help them to get followers back" does seem to qualify as something "more to it". I'm pretty sure they weren't legally obliged to do that as well. And I'm pretty sure ads on github's official twitter aren't cheap either.
(But I do find that "not legally obliged" tone extremely insulting in any kind of relationships too. I myself also tend to get all "oh, so that's how you want to talk?" over that. I guess, I hate lawyers as much as I hate Microsoft. After all, they are essentially the same thing.)