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TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️⚧️
@TheEvilSkeleton.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
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Queer Indian developer from Montréal, Canada :3 I'm a @gnome Foundation member who maintains Upscaler and Refine, develops GNOME Calendar, and […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ social.treehouse.systems/@TheEvilSk…, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
 and welcome everyone outside of those restrictions to be customers of GitLab.
We do business with customers with values that are incompatible with [our own values](/handbook/values/) for the following reasons:
1. Our mission is 'everyone can contribute', while there is a [code of conduct for contributing](https://about.gitlab.com/community/contribute/code-of-conduct/) we want to get as close to everyone as possible.
1. We [do not discuss politics in the workplace](/handbook/values/#religion-and-politics-at-work-) and decisions about what customer to serve might get political.
1. [Efficiency is one of our values](/handbook/values/#efficiency) and vetting customers is time consuming and potentially distracting.
1. It maps to the MIT expat open source license we use that [doesn't discriminate against fields of endeavor](https://apebox.org/wordpress/rants/456).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ng6t45lq55nysafhdakpywxr/bafkreic5jny3u43jvxahscrtbxn574ynxnubgsxqjrtfnpn4cc2y25dfki)
, we encourage diversity of ideas. We respect the uniqueness and autonomy of others, even if we do not always agree with them.
We firmly comply with [trade compliance laws](/handbook/people-group/code-of-conduct/#trade-compliance-exportimport-control) and welcome everyone outside of those restrictions to be customers of GitLab. In some circumstances, we may opt to not work with particular organizations, but we assess those on a case-by-case basis.
Some reasons we may choose not to work with certain entities include, but are not limited to:
1. Engaging in illegal, unlawful behavior.
2. Making derogatory statements or threats toward our community.
3. Encouraging violence or discrimination against protected groups.
[We do not discuss politics in the workplace](/handbook/values/#religion-and-politics-at-work-) because it is easy to alienate people that have a minority opinion. We are respectful, courteous, and professional in our interactions with customers and each other.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ng6t45lq55nysafhdakpywxr/bafkreia4ugluqohe4f6qxsj24stetnoo6mlyvxznxuopcdljldw7j47q7a)
![Message with the following content:
[Redacted]: “How to disable this message that is displayed every time the application starts?”
Followed by a screenshot of a dialog with the title “RPM Package Note” and description “Bottles developers (upstream) only support Flatpak. Please report any issues with the RPM package in Bugzilla.” where “Bugzilla.” is hyperlinked](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ng6t45lq55nysafhdakpywxr/bafkreificykltw52rcrb67gbmfpb37ttuvfawxpuktjpjrrfzmmb6b6d4q)
