I could not disagree more. Nothing about being part of the FOSS world mandates acting like a dick.
FOSS is about freedom. One can do whatever they want.
Just because you are free to do something, doesn't mean that you should do it, or that you're not an asshole for doing it. I'm not in any way suggesting that Mark or anybody else should be denied their right to free speech. But verbally abusing somebody else for having a different belief is still being a dick, even so.
I don't see what is sad about this.
OK, tell me this... who benefits from this outcome? As far as I can tell, the answer is "nobody". OTOH, who suffers? Well, potentially everybody who's part of the KDE on Ubuntu ecosystem. And the person who's being bullied and abused into walking away from something that he would probably prefer to remain involved in, IF it weren't for the asshole'ish behavior.
The drama is what is nonsensical
I don't see it. If somebody is being a dick, calling them out for their behavior is hardly "nonsensical drama". It's just being forthright and honest.
I could not disagree more. Nothing about being part of the FOSS world mandates acting like a dick.
FOSS is about freedom. One can do whatever they want.
Just because you are free to do something, doesn't mean that you should do it, or that you're not an asshole for doing it. I'm not in any way suggesting that Mark or anybody else should be denied their right to free speech. But verbally abusing somebody else for having a different belief is still being a dick, even so.
I don't see what is sad about this.
OK, tell me this... who benefits from this outcome? As far as I can tell, the answer is "nobody". OTOH, who suffers? Well, potentially everybody who's part of the KDE on Ubuntu ecosystem. And the person who's being bullied and abused into walking away from something that he would probably prefer to remain involved in, IF it weren't for the asshole'ish behavior.
The drama is what is nonsensical
I don't see it. If somebody is being a dick, calling them out for their behavior is hardly "nonsensical drama". It's just being forthright and honest.