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In case anyone has moral issues with migrating to Lemmy vs Kbin, check this out. (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by dope@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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So yea, turns out the dude stole a lot of code from other projects and people.

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[–] blakerboy777@lemmy.one 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What rediculous framing. He used freely available software, failed to attribute properly, and offered a very public apology. He did technically violate the lisence agreement by failing to attribute, but this is a common mistake and doesn't appear to be done willfully. By fixing attribution he brings the project back into compliance. If moral issues come into play, lemmy has far more red on their ledger.

[–] Banjo@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Lemmy had far more red on their ledger.”

I’ve seen this crop up and come across the term ‘tankies’. Is this referring to all of Lemmy or only certain instances.

The fediverse seems great, but also a bit like the Wildwest.

[–] twei@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, from what I've heard, the 2 Main Developers of Lemmy and about 90% of the initial userbase were tankies, to the point where the project wasn't appealing to anyone other than them. That's why the Developers opened lemmygrad, where most of the tankies are now. That instance is also one of the most blocked instances on the fediverse

[–] Banjo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Many thanks for the explanation.

[–] dope@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Could my phrasing have been more nuanced? Sure. I'm not really giving an opinion on it at all. It is what it is.