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Developer pulls critical code from tech company after ICE contract revealed

10 pointsby jmngomesover 5 years ago

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swsieberover 5 years ago
This has been discussed a lot a couple of days<p>Former developer at software company deletes his code to protest its ties to ICE <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21042606" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21042606</a><p>Chef CEO Defends Contract with ICE <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21030561" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21030561</a><p>Chef dependency removed after agreement with ICE <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21025037" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21025037</a><p>&#x27;Everyone Should Have a Moral Code&#x27; Says Developer Who Deleted Code Sold to ICE <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21028349" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21028349</a><p>To fight ‘evil’ ICE, an engineer pulled his code off GitHub <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21032643" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21032643</a>
tgafpgover 5 years ago
Chef got lucky. If that dev is so stupid as to believe all that, best to not use his code.