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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37098894

Title of the (concerning) thread on their community forum, not voluntary clickbait. Came across the thread thanks to a toot by @Khrys@mamot.fr (French speaking)

The gist of the issue raised by OP is that framework sponsors and promotes projects lead by known toxic and racists people (DHH among them).

I agree with the point made by the OP :

The “big tent” argument works fine if everyone plays by some basic civil rules of understanding. Stuff like code of conducts, moderation, anti-racism, surely those things we agree on? A big tent won’t work if you let in people that want to exterminate the others.

I'm disappointed in framework's answer so far

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[–] BCBoy911@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

i dont really care about the internal politics of software projects, especially open source ones, but why in the world is Framework sponsoring an also-ran Linux window manager for power users that probably has a userbase in the low 100's? Why not sponsor the KDE or something that people actually use and would help drive Linux adoption? Very stupid, cloudflare is also sponsoring them. Maybe it's crypto-fascist solidarity.

[–] aln@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 month ago

Framework sponsor many, including KDE.