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Given the recent uproar about AI usage in rsync a PSA: maintainers owe you nothing
(mikemcquaid.com)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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The fuck are you taking about? Yes a maintainer is a service job. Their role is to be a good steward of the project they maintain. Accepting good submissions, coordinating QA, cutting releases.
If they do a bad job, then they’re liable to be criticized which is what I actually said and I won’t dignify your strawman with a response.
And FYI, a license is a contract.
when people say "job" they don't typically mean unpaid gigs. and an open source license is a contract for what you're allowed to do with their code, not what they're required to provide you (other than the code itself). it explicitly does not include liability, service guarantees, or warranties.
A maintainer position is a profession position — unpaid or otherwise. It isn't a "gig."
And I can't run my computer with "good intentions."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vTGN52MCc