On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 8:02 PM Frosku <fro...@frosku.com> wrote: > > > We want free software to succeed. Free software is more likely to > > succeed if more people work on it. If you are a volunteer, as many > > are, you can choose to spend your time on the project where you have > > to short-stop unwelcome advances, where you are required to deal with > > "men with poor social skills." Or you can choose to spend your time > > on the project where people treat you with respect. Which one do you > > choose? > > The one where technical excellence is prioritized over social skills, > personally. If I have a choice between partaking in a project where I > have to walk on eggshells for fear of people coming with torches and > pitchforks to expel me because I was a bit too harsh in my critique or > posted an opinion on my personal blog which wasn't something they > agreed with, or a project where some of the other people are people I > wouldn't share a beer with but the technical standard is high and free > expression is generally valued, I would choose the latter.
Those are not the only two possible ways that a project can work. Also, you seem to be making the implicit assumption that there is some sort of trade off between technical excellence and social skills. That is false. They are independent axes. Ian
