thank you drew

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+title: "Thank You Drew DeVault"
+date: 2024-03-23T14:50:33+02:00
+slug: thank-you-drew-devault
+---
+
+This is a long-overdue public thank-you letter to [Drew
+DeVault](https://drewdevault.com/).
+
+He has been an ethical FOSS steward for as long as I remember. There is a
+number of examples where he stands for what's right and upholds his values.
+Sometimes, perhaps unfortunately, pretty damn often, [getting shit for it][1].
+Negativity on the internet doesn't seem to stop him: it obviously makes him
+feel worse, but he persists and keeps doing what is right.
+
+The most recent example, which pushed me over the line to write this post, is
+[Redict announcement][2]. Quote:
+
+> The source code is hosted on Codeberg, a Forgejo instance operated by a
+> German non-profit, which should provide a comfortable and familiar user
+> experience for anyone comfortable with the GitHub-based community of Redis®
+> OSS.
+
+This paragraph amazed me. Drew created and runs [SourceHut][3], a Codeberg
+competitor. As much as it was tempting to use it he used a competitor's forge
+to host the redict, while being the primary driver (and the prime decision
+maker) for the fork.
+
+Keep going, Drew, and thank you.
+
+[1]: https://drewdevault.com/2022/05/30/bleh.html
+[2]: https://redict.io/posts/2024-03-22-redict-is-an-independent-fork/
+[3]: https://sr.ht/