Open source community split over policing which editor contributors use

wateriscoding · x · 2026-10-25

Hesamation slams a project's move to police which tools contributors use, arguing it loses sight of what "open" means: open source was built on freedom to create and share, not gatekeeping a movement born to fight gatekeeping. wateriscoding adds that open source is about the code being open, not about policing what editor wrote it, calling it a "reddit-mod moment."

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