When I started the omglol interview series on my blog I wondered what I’d do if someone I interviewed left the omglol community and decided on “not much of anything” because the people in the community are open, welcoming, inclusive and sincerely worth knowing. Some links might go stale but I generally landed on “let it ride” so people can get to know some cool folks.
I am though going against that personal policy and unpublishing the second interview I did. To sum it up briefly, that individual heavily based (as in copied code) their personal site on another omg.lol members site. They got permission as the other member released it on a creative commons, attribution required, license. When that original developer tragically passed, the interviewee removed the attribution. When pressed about it, they refused (or "joked" about refusing while simultaneously not adding it back) to add it back because that person had passed away. That’s where it started. This refusal to follow the license agreement became a code of conduct violation.
These sorts of things matter. It would have mattered just as much if that original developer *hadn’t* been in the omglol community. There are many ways to maintain safety and security in a community; one of them is to make sure that people aren’t taking the work of others without accountability.
If you think that’s too far, fair enough. The beauty of a federated web is there are probably lots of places you can find to call home on it. I for one though don’t think it's to far and don’t really want to promote that sort of behavior so have removed the interview.
Anyways - go read some great interviews on my website if you want! I hope to get another round of 3 going soon!
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