Thank you for the upvote, I wish more people would engage in conversation vs. just downvote opinions they don't agree with.
I think the best course of action is to have a policy of:
"We don't delete repos unless required by law."
That would satisfy me as a potential customer.
I think commenting on Twitter and getting involved at all was probably a mistake unless they were going to stick with the above philosophy. All they did was call attention to the issue then delete the repo once everyone was watching.
The tweet seems like an honest mistake since I don't think they wanted to get involved with this controversy. They made it though and had to make some decision on what to do. I think they chose the most damaging option.
The staff doesn't have to personally endorse the opinions of their users and the repos they host. I wouldn't expect that of them, but they shouldn't delete repos they don't agree with.
I think the best course of action is to have a policy of:
"We don't delete repos unless required by law."
That would satisfy me as a potential customer.
I think commenting on Twitter and getting involved at all was probably a mistake unless they were going to stick with the above philosophy. All they did was call attention to the issue then delete the repo once everyone was watching.
The tweet seems like an honest mistake since I don't think they wanted to get involved with this controversy. They made it though and had to make some decision on what to do. I think they chose the most damaging option.
The staff doesn't have to personally endorse the opinions of their users and the repos they host. I wouldn't expect that of them, but they shouldn't delete repos they don't agree with.