[Meme] I Didn't Even Like Him! I Broke Up With Him, He Didn't Break Up With Me...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 07, 2024

Context: Correcting the Term "Former" Debian Developer (or Emeritus Debian Developer) | Enrico Zini, Mattia Rizzolo, Plagiarism & Debian

N O T .... a Debian Developer; But he was

They are very confused about what Debian Developers are. Are volunteers "throwaways"? Or shared authors/joint authors?

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