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simlevesquetoday at 2:18 AM5 repliesview on HN

Probably related to this: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v869-about-taiwan/


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icelancertoday at 2:21 AM

Yeah, Notepad++ is known for political messaging in their updates. Taiwan, Ukraine, etc.

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orsornatoday at 2:21 AM

And this https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v781-free-uyghur-edition/

I distinctly remember their GH page being flooded with issues written in Chinese.

jojobastoday at 8:16 AM

My understanding is they targeted particular users of Notepad++, not the author.

maxkfranztoday at 4:06 AM

Everyone is entitled to their opinions.

My opinion is that open source documentation is like polite dinner conversation: It’s not the proper place to discuss politics.

If an author wishes to use their open source project as a platform to discuss politics, that’s the author’s prerogative. But then, as perhaps in this instance, it could be to the detriment of the project itself.

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shevy-javatoday at 6:57 AM

Ah, so this has to do with mainland China going after those who think the Taiwanese do not belong to mainland China. Well, I see them as independent folks. Mainland China needs to stop thinking it can occupy land willy-nilly; unfortunately with USA, Russia and China thinking they can bully other countries that lack nukes, I think these smaller countries absolutely need nukes for defensive purpose.

It is also annoying that all these three countries think they can bully other countries too. That is basically them saying they can kill other people in other countries at all times no matter the real "reason" (just make up a fake reason, such as Russia with regard to Ukraine) - annoying to no ends.

Having said that, and I just pointed out I disagree with mainland China bullying the Taiwanese, I think it would actually be better to have software itself be completely apolitical. I never understood why people felt a need to tie political goals into software. That is a valid statement even if I happen to agree with the political goals here.

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