Context: So the Godot Game Engine is middleware. It provides basic functions for game developers. It is open source and MIT licensed. On 27 September, the community manager used the Godot X account to publish this tweet (archive).
Developers responded in moderate terms asking for the project to fix bugs and not take political stances. Community managers went wild, blocking anyone who disagreed on X, Discord and even in some cases on Github, citing vague Code of Conduct violations.
The founder @reduzio has been tagged into the drama and has gone private. @Grummz has some good content on it too. I might write an article later.
Context: So the Godot Game Engine is middleware. It provides basic functions for game developers. It is open source and MIT licensed. On 27 September, the community manager used the Godot X account to publish this tweet (archive).
Developers responded in moderate terms asking for the project to fix bugs and not take political stances. Community managers went wild, blocking anyone who disagreed on X, Discord and even in some cases on Github, citing vague Code of Conduct violations.
The founder @reduzio has been tagged into the drama and has gone private. @Grummz has some good content on it too. I might write an article later.