> I think that captures the spirit of open source much better: legally we have no responsibility, but we're still going to try to make it useful.
Fully agreed. And I actually think that was TJ's intention when he decided to merge a pull request without review, since he was no longer interested in the particular project.
However, Tom is saying: It's better to do nothing than to risk damage. While that would clearly have been better in this case, I disagree with it. If I have a project I can no longer maintain, and somebody cares to submit a pull request, I'll also merge it. Generally speaking it will do more good than harm.
Fully agreed. And I actually think that was TJ's intention when he decided to merge a pull request without review, since he was no longer interested in the particular project.
However, Tom is saying: It's better to do nothing than to risk damage. While that would clearly have been better in this case, I disagree with it. If I have a project I can no longer maintain, and somebody cares to submit a pull request, I'll also merge it. Generally speaking it will do more good than harm.