Hacker News Reader

> But no one is "forcing" you not to contribute to OSS.

The GP is talking about Hacktoberfest... Not sure how you got the impression that they are talking about OSS in general.

View on HN

Hacktoberfest is an event intended to help people contribute to Open Source. Based on this, the statement is false. If your only objective is to get a t-shirt, sure then it limits you. But if your objective is contributing to OSS, nothing is stopping you of making meaningful contributions! The only change is getting the t-shirt, but sylveon's comment sounds a very generic statement so wanted to clarify that open source actively welcomes contributions.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com