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Comment by Double_a_92 | Hacker News Reader

While he is right, this still feels somewhat unprofessional. It's some arbitrary rant about something that he doesn't like, appended at the end of the contributing guide.

I could understand the feeling though, if their GitHub got massively spammed by crypto projects.

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Well it is a hobby project that he does not get paid for, other people using the code to make money does not change that. He can be as professional or unprofessional as he wants in his spare time, no?

Why it's unprofessional? Many people/companies feel the same way. For example, Gergely Orosz https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/job-board-testimonials/ (go to Exceptions). Maintaining a solid stance on matters you don't like isn't unprofessional. It's on the contrary.

Because it's arbitrary.

You just think it's a honorable thing to do because you probably also happen to support that (unrelated / political) message. But imagine a situation where you wouldn't...

What if he e.g. stated that he doesn't do business with companies that actively support LGBT+ issues?

come on dude are we really equating LGBT rights with "will answer tickets for Bitcoin users"

The other blog that monkin posted had a disclaimer about not working with companies from countries that have the death penalty for being gay. So I turned that into the opposite political statement, to make a point.

Great! Don't use his library.

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