Clicking on the "Projects" link brings me to a page that includes racist epithets against Jews and Blacks.
That's why I give a damn. Seeking out any service that aims particularly to shelter that kind of language speaks volumes to me about the author's character and state of mind.
By checking out the "Projects" page, only the "Moonman Doom" mod for doom - a shitty mod that you see from 10 miles away that only 10yo at best would take seriously, assuming 10yo today know and care about Doom and modding - fits your description. Checking out 11 pages of projects (there is more but i got bored), everything else is the same stuff you'd find on GitHub: game engines, lisp implementations, web projects, games, etc and none fit your description (at least in their own description).
> speaks volumes to me about the author's character and state of mind
Guilt by association much? The only thing that speaks about someone's character and state of mind is their own actions, not the actions of others (and no, association is not an action).
> Guilt by association much? The only thing that speaks about someone's character and state of mind is their own actions, not the actions of others (and no, association is not an action).
The last time I checked, I wasn't a court. I'm a private citizen who chooses to use projects and products based on a broad ethical code. One of the elements of that code is not supporting people who seem to be, at best, ambivalent towards associating with bigots.
My point is that nobody would nor should take that project any more seriously than the drawing of a teenager who is trying to be "edgy".
> The last time I checked, I wasn't a court. I'm a private citizen who chooses to use projects and products based on a broad ethical code.
Sure, you can act as you like as long as you understand that your freedom ends at the point where someone else's start. However this code of yours is not shared by everyone so you cannot expect people to not find it dodgy that you are making accusations about someone based on something they didn't do.
> One of the elements of that code is not supporting people who seem to be, at best, ambivalent towards associating with bigots.
It is your code, but to me that sounds like "you are either with us or you are against us" :-P.
Like I said in response to 'ehsankia, it would be unreasonable for me to want to police the language of edgy teenagers everywhere.
The original question was "why I gave a damn," and I think I answered it: I find myself concerned when I see projects and products hosts on venues that are aggressively receptive of bigoted language (if not bigotry itself, and that's a big if).
> that you are making accusations about someone based on something they didn't do.
I stated my observation based on something they did do: choose to host on a service that appears (on principle) to be happy to host epithets. That makes me question their character and state of mind; it's neither hard evidence nor an accusation.
> It is your code, but to me that sounds like "you are either with us or you are against us"
I stated my beliefs in the first person intentionally. There's no "us," only me.
I understand. I still think it is offtopic and not worth the mention (as predicted by others, this discussion is derailed with the only ontopic bits of interest being near the bottom of the page), but at least i see your logic.
> I stated my beliefs in the first person intentionally. There's no "us," only me.
It was a reference to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_either_with_us,_or_ag...
You might be right, but you might also be assuming a lot about someone who was just looking for a GitHub alternative.
I am indeed making an assumption, and maybe I shouldn't do that. But as a practical matter, I find it increasingly difficult to take things on the Internet at face value. There are enough interesting things out there that aren't associated with bigotry, and so it's a harder sell when projects (perhaps inadvertently) are.
this is a source repo. the only relevant topic is the code. its free software so it honestly doesn't matter who the author is.
Like I said to 'ehsankia, it's intent that interests me.
note: i'm not defending whatever politics the gitgud people have. i'm objecting to the idea that you can base a technical critique on non-technical details. let the software or the math or whatever stand on its own. identity politics are really stupid. i really don't care who is behind the code as long as i can read the source and use it to get my work done.