Framework becomes a KDE Patron

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@Paul_Brown

But this is the slippery-slope fallacy 101. One could counter with where do you draw the line on the other side? What kind of purity test would a person or organisation have to pass to be allowed to donate to KDE?

I would say following the code of conduct and other community guidelines shouldn’t be treated as a “purity test”. This is the CEO saying this, not a random employee, not a random community member, but the person leading the company.

@Paul_Brown

Framework once did something ill-informed (which they rectified later) and a CEO said something dumb

Could you point me to the rectification? From what’s been said and done in public, I believe the GNOME folks tried to contact Nirav Patel to allow him to correct this and he refused. Can you ask them internally to confirm or deny this?

@Paul_Brown

From a pragmatic point of view, would this not push them into the the nazties corner more than anything else? Is this what we want?

Wouldn’t the slippery-slope fallacy apply on this too? Do we accept everyone just so they don’t do double the fascism?

@Paul_Brown

One of them is not to gain influence over KDE, because they don’t.

Which is not something I claimed. My issue is that now they have a big AD banner in all KDE websites. kde org/code-of-conduct/ "Don’t be a n4zi, anyway we are sponsored by the company that thinks n4zism is alright, buy their product!* Doesn’t it look weird to you?

@Paul_Brown

Rest assured that KDE is and will continue to be welcoming and accepting of people of the LGBTQ+ community, all genders, creeds, ethnicities, social backgrounds, abilities, and body shapes.

Well, I don’t feel that welcomed anymore. And now my posts are getting flagged… great.