I don’t have anything to add per se.

But I guess my question is - what does it matter insofar as using the software. It’s open source and intended for distrubuted use. So, the creators intentions are a bit… Irrelevant - no?

Best to separate the art from the artist so to speak. Otherwise, should we not save lives with immoraly gained medical insights, and not appreciate civil rights gains from an adulterer?

I’m a lurker doing a little posting/commenting to “be the change I want to see” so to speak. If lemmy gets bigger, I will likely return to my lurker ways.

I’m honestly more curious about this than I was about any of the locked safes.

Dang… I just signed up and picked that instance since it’s powered by renewables and the agora exists. I’ll give it a minute to see how things go, but looks like I should switch to another instance.