Open source developer burns own libraries

Stefan Mileschin · 12th January 2022, 07:02

Protesting against not giving back to the community

Popular open-source libraries colors and faker were defaced by their creator as the open saucey equivalent of a suicide bombing.

The developer, named Marak Squires destroyed his libraries apparently as a protest “against mega-corporations and commercial consumers of open-source projects who extensively rely on cost-free and community-powered software but do not, according to the developer, give back to the community.”

The fact he seeded the library with US flags and nationalist statements appears to have gone unnoticed by those reporting the story. What has been noticed is that Squires intentionally introduced an infinite loop that bricked thousands of projects that depend on ‘colors and ‘faker’.”

The colors library receives over 20 million weekly downloads on npm alone, and has almost 19,000 projects depending on it. Whereas, faker receives over 2.8 million weekly downloads on npm, and has over 2,500 dependents.

https://fudzilla.com/news/54175-open...-own-libraries

12th January 2022, 07:02	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,650	Open source developer burns own libraries Protesting against not giving back to the community Popular open-source libraries colors and faker were defaced by their creator as the open saucey equivalent of a suicide bombing. The developer, named Marak Squires destroyed his libraries apparently as a protest “against mega-corporations and commercial consumers of open-source projects who extensively rely on cost-free and community-powered software but do not, according to the developer, give back to the community.” The fact he seeded the library with US flags and nationalist statements appears to have gone unnoticed by those reporting the story. What has been noticed is that Squires intentionally introduced an infinite loop that bricked thousands of projects that depend on ‘colors and ‘faker’.” The colors library receives over 20 million weekly downloads on npm alone, and has almost 19,000 projects depending on it. Whereas, faker receives over 2.8 million weekly downloads on npm, and has over 2,500 dependents. https://fudzilla.com/news/54175-open...-own-libraries

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