Uninstall Notepad++ if you have voted for FN
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For instance, I totally disagree with the fact that open source software ends up powering weapons or are used as tools to repress and control people.
GPL is one example of a socio-political cause enforced upon it's users. So why not use licensing for other socio-political causes ?
My next open source library will definitely have clauses like:
- Cannot be used for terrorist activities of any kind. May God strike you down if you do.
- Cannot be used inside military apps. You agree to immediate capitulation the moment the first line of my code is executed inside a military appliance.
- Cannot be used by certain political parties, governments, etc.
I mean, it's nice to be nice to everyone, but fuck it. There're lots of assholes out there who's success is not in my interest or anyone else's interest, except a group of delusional leaders. I don't want to be a contributing factor to their success. Let them write their own software.
So free software developers can and should get creative with this. I don't know a lot about this particular Notepad++ case, but I totally agree with what the author did - it's his choice after all.
Only one documented exceptions : Douglas Crockford “I give permission for IBM, its customers, partners, and minions, to use JSLint for evil.” http://dev.hasenj.org/post/3272592502/ibm-and-its-minions
More info - see HN archivum : JSLINT + EVIL https://hn.algolia.com/?query=jslint%20evil&sort=byPopularit...
He just told certain people not to use it. They're not under any obligation to listen to him.
What is the difference?
The FN is a fascist party, as an immigrant living in France the author is concerned about this development and I understand him. Plus, honestly for people who voted FN, they might as well follow their "thoughts" (prejudices) through and stop using software made by hated immigrants.
As a French person, I'm ashamed that this country will now join the ranks of Italy and Austria as a country that elected fascists leaders.
No it's not, if it was it would have been forbidden long ago according to french laws.
I suggest you check the definition of fascism, you'll be surprised who currently fits in the definition in France.
And It has a very dark history: - During the Algeria war, its founder (JM Le Pen), then in the army, used torture. - In the 90', the security force of the FN (Skinheads) killed a man (throwing him in the Seine).
Nowadays, its communication is way less agressive but it is the same core.
Currently, of its voters : - 92% thinks there are too many non-white people in france - 36% of its voters thinks some races are superior to others.
FN played its card well : it convinced many french that their current economic distress is caused by immigrants, Europe and anything coming from outside. Its political agenda is a big pile of fantasy about the France of 50' (powerful and white). And its economic program is laughable.
Well, that would be fun if it wasn't so serious and so sad.
If multiple websites asked you who you voted for in the last election and then went dark if you said "McCain", then you would have a point. Protesting harmful legislation is one thing. Refusing to do business with people based on their politics is another.
He could have presented his case to his constituency and demonstrated that immigrants bring a lot of positive things to their new communities and persuaded them to change or soften their position without being rash or confrontational.
Very disappointing and counterproductive.
Brinkmanship and belligerence don't work most of the time and you have to seek a gradual and pragmatist approach to tackle social causes.
I don't think there's anything wrong with having a political opinion - especially if the opinion is, "People who hate me for no good reason are kind of assholes."
> as if their opinion mattered more
I don't think the author thinks their opinion matters MORE - I think the author thinks their opinion is worth voicing.
I expect this is exactly the intention, to scare FN supporters away from the project and its community. Open source projects in particular are defined by the people involved with them, and the author does not wish to work (for free) with and for people who threaten his ability to live peacefully in his home country.
edit: jdjdhnxn edited their comment either while I was responding or after I had responded. I'm not sure which.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-24/anti-immig... Opinion polls like Ifop show Cukierman’s comments reflect a growing reality. Between the last two presidential elections in 2007 and 2012, Jewish voters supporting the FN, the party’s acronym, more than tripled. The shift came after Marine Le Pen took over the helm in 2011, steering clear of her party-founder father Jean-Marie Le Pen’s anti-Semitic stance. In a comment to Bloomberg on the side lines of a conference in Paris Tuesday, Marine Le Pen made common cause with France’s Jews.
“It’s the rise of Islamism that hits, hurts and kills,” she said. “It’s time to fight the danger threatening French Jews.” She welcomed Cukierman’s comments, saying “his words reveal an internal debate within the Jewish community. The comfortable idea that anti-Semitism is a right-wing theme is not true anymore and hasn’t been for decades.”
The reason why some French Jews for example support Front National is because its leaders see young Muslims as the greatest threat to Jews in France. "Fascists" are not the only ones supporting FN. See the link below.
http://www.europe1.fr/mediacenter/emissions/l-interview-de-j...
I'm against discrimination in all its form, I'm against amalgamating a group of people and generalizing that the faults of a small minority are the faults of everyone in that group. Terrorist attacks were awful but they're a small minority of fanatics.
I'm really confused why so many commenters seem so put off by this.
I also hate discrimination as much as the OP.
Sadly I don't believe the control is in our hands. Usually people choose their governments via media nowadays and media are really, really bad.
I would suggest the author to forbid TV/Websites using his editor for commercial purposes if they run political campaigns. That will surely have great impact than discriminating people that have been vacuumed by that fake rush of "loosing our nation", etc.
In the US maybe, but not in france. There's been very little pro-nationalist coverage in france, even after the attack. The rise of nationalism has more to do with the french observing the changes happening in their own neighborhoods and not wanting their country to become an Islamic nation.
I'm in the U.S. and this is quite true. Then again, it think it always has been. The difference now is that the media is owned by a the parties (or the parties and the media have become one) and simply push the party line rather than pushing a particular candidate. And the particular candidate that will move the nation farthest in the party/media's direction gets the most positive attention. And any candidate from the opposite side becomes "Hitler Satan" (TM).
>> ...media are really, really bad.
No, the media has become really, really good! It's just that what their good at is not what you think you want out of media. Once you realize the media exists to corral and direct you rather than inform you, you begin to see how truly good they've become.
On the other hand, these are all irrelevant when I see someone abusing their status or reach to spread a political message, whatever the content. It's irritating.
> Starting from 1st October 2015, I do no longer permit the usage of my TREEFINDER software in the following EU countries: Germany, Austria, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark - the countries that together host most of the non-european immigrants.
I guess there's some truth about what they say about genius and insanity.
"Hey freeloaders, you've been leeching off my work for a long time now but the time has come for you to pay me in endorsements of my political position or cease to use my product".
As a side-note, yes, I also think it's an abuse of power when movie-stars make comments on what cause to support, therefore, IMHO, messing with peoples priorities.
In short, yes it's perfectly fine from a legal* and social (as long as you agree with them) standpoint that they do so but to me it feels like abuse.
* I am not a lawyer.
what he said is worst than anything the present FN has said.
I draw the line in everything that uses a webview for purposes unrelated to rendering HTML.
Not sure exactly what you mean by "a webview" (is this a specific library you're referring to?) but, as far as I know, software like atom does use a renderer to display HTML - that's the whole point.
This is where I draw the line, I only use web apps when no native options are available.
Pre-WW2 Germany was a democracy. The NSDAP was a political party in a democratic system. Hitler was an elected official before Germany became a dictatorship.
This is why most democracies have constitutions and a separation of power. Without oversight holding it accountable, democracy is no different from mob rule.