Hackers' Pub

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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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Ariadne Conill 🐰 @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems

6/20/2025, 7:12:55 AM

Public

so maintainers are starting to push back on these requests, and demands for free labor on a project that they give away for free, as if it were a commercial product.

in response, rather than the government scolding corporations for abusing the commons, these corporations have instead pushed for governments like the EU to adopt regulatory regimes such as the CRA which pressure maintainers to do even more free labor, in the name of security.

everyone likes security, right? as practitioners, we don't want to harm anyone's security posture. so there is pressure on maintainers to comply with these regulatory frameworks, in the name of security.

Ariadne Conill 🐰 @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems

6/20/2025, 7:20:25 AM

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can i tell some corporate employee who makes a burdensome request to get lost? sure, and i have before.

can i tell some corporate employee who makes a burdensome request required for compliance with a regulatory framework like the CRA that i won't do it and they have to do it themselves? sure.

note i ask "can i" here, and the answer is yes.

that's not the point though. the reality is more complicated. do maintainers *actually* have the psychological safety to reject these requests?

what is the actual psychological cost of saying no?

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