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Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism (itsfoss.com)

submitted 6 days ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/linux@programming.dev

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Dylan M. Taylor is not a household name in the Linux world. At least, he wasn’t until recently.

The software engineer and longtime open source contributor has quietly built a respectable track record over the years: writing Python code for the Arch Linux installer, maintaining packages for NixOS, and contributing CI/CD pipelines to various FOSS projects.

But a recent change he made to systemd has pushed him into the spotlight, along with a wave of intense debate.

At the center of the controversy is a seemingly simple addition Dylan made: an optional birthDate field in systemd’s user database.

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[–] Heyla@quokk.au -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He has nothing to defend

The damage is done

He's a collaborator; we don't want parasites like him

In free software, there is FREEDOM

I didn't switch to Linux to end up under the thumb of Microsoft's henchmen and some random government

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl -5 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Woah, fuck this guy. He admitted the change was for the purpose of complying with these laws

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[–] jefferyjefferson@lemmy.org -2 points 5 days ago

This guy fucking sucks.

I hope he gets blacklisted from working with other projects.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

I can't help but feel bad for Dylan. It's not like if he hadn't done this someone else wouldn't have had to eventually.

[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago

It's not like he had no way of thinking, "Geez, I don't have the experience or knowledge or insignts to start the ball rolling on such a major decision." and went on to do something useful instead.

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