"> My complaint on rtfm was..." <- > <@adoerr:matrix.org> > My complaint on rtfm was that I did have a lot of meetings with companies where I introduced rtfm, and I always had at least one person raise an eyebrow or reference "read the f'n manual" > > If a for-profit commercial customer doesn't like the name of a no license cost open source tool, they should call their Lauterbach Sales-Rep and place an order instead ;-) I have some counter-view to this. A FOSS tool that has a large presence (an extreme case: linux), then it is taking up a not-insignificant volume with respect to attention, development resources, support, etc. I've run into some projects where the over-inflated and fragile egos of the BDFL project owners have compromised the landscape as a whole. Now, I'm with you 100% that things are different when people are volunteering their time, skills, etc. Where I push back at is the notion that just because they are not being paid, doesn't mean they should be considered immune to any form of accountability. As a community, we have to be even more diligent, because we can't just take our money elsewhere. In a way: If you find yourself making ego-centric decisions under the guise of "well i do this for free, so who are you to make demands", and your project stifles other meaningful work, then, well, I have zero respect, to put it politely. For me, the true heroes of FOSS are those that work maintain the integrity and community-first standards of the projects they are involved in.