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Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism (itsfoss.com)
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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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[-] Overspark@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

That's a rather negative view. There's a big difference between people who actually contribute to FOSS (in any way, not just code) and random keyboard warriors in the contents. Sure, there's always some drama somewhere, but that's not exclusive to FOSS.

[-] quips@slrpnk.net -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There’s also a massive difference when one proactively participates in destroying linux users’ freedom, one of the pillars of foss

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