alt Hacker News>a negative outcome that I will inflict
And what exactly is the negative outcome being inflicted by someone not using the software? What is the injury or harm, and to who?
>a negative outcome that I will inflict
And what exactly is the negative outcome being inflicted by someone not using the software? What is the injury or harm, and to who?
That was pretty clear from the comment, no?
1. The software will have one less user. (Implication was potentially many fewer given “we” would uninstall.)
2. The software will have one more competing product (forked from their own work).
Most people willing to put their time and energy into building software for others would consider losing users to be a moderate negative and having their work potentially forked and having to compete with a derivative a strong negative.
“We will fork” is a strong threat. It is basically a statement that “we” will fight the maintainer for the effective future of the project. Many open source projects have been eclipsed by their own forks.