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Other people's ethics and tastes

In the last years I noticed a growing trend of people pushing for "new" rules about what is appropriate or not for single developers or for the project as a whole. In too many cases even just considering these ideas to be an obvious fact... I prefer to not give specific examples because these would divert the attention from the main topic and would be affected by my own biases.

At this point I believe it is useful to remember that all ethical issues which are not explicitly covered by the Social Contract are just the developers' own opinions. It may even be a good idea, but other developers are not and should not be compelled to agree with it no matter how good or important you believe it is.

You are entitled to having your own ethics and even ranting about it on Planet Debian, but I am entitled to not caring at all without this making me a worse Debian Developer. Let's try to be grown ups and not be excessively annoyed by other people's choices.

This is why I want to convey this simple message to the people who keep preaching about what is proper for me or for Debian: please fuck you. If I want to receive lectures about what is right or wrong then I surely know where I can find a priest.

For some reason, now I see fit to mention that I have an Amazon wishlist...

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