Notepad++ v8.9.6.4 Tiananmen Massacre Commemoration

Notepad++ v8.9.6.4 Tiananmen Massacre Commemoration(notepad-plus-plus.org)

53 points by chao- 3 hours ago | 19 comments

chao- 3 hours ago |

Context: Notepad++ was compromised last year by a PRC state-sponsored group: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-up...

This is not purely a cosmetic release, as it does contain a few fixes.

gradientsrneat 1 hour ago | |

This is not the first time a Notepad++ release has supported human rights causes in China.

For example, here is "Notepad++ Stand with Hong Kong Edition":

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v789-stand-with-hong-kong...

And here's "Notepad++ v7.8.1 : Free Uyghur":

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v781-free-uyghur-edition/

In the latter (earlier) case, the Notepad++ issue tracker was bombarded by Chinese spam in response.

The Notepad++ releases have supported other causes too like "Je Suis Charlie", so special releases aren't confined to Chinese topics. Seems like they are concerned about free speech causes especially.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v674-je-suis-charlie-edit...

xyzsparetimexyz 2 hours ago |

That image (and moreso the video) is interesting in how much people read into it. Hard to really know the man's intentions tbh.

alimbada 2 hours ago |

So many in the software world pretend to care about human rights for some kind of credibility that they're good people. I've seen Ukrainian flags all over GitHub on many profiles or repos but the same people will be silent on the atrocities happening in Gaza, Lebanon, etc. Notepad++ left a sour taste in my mouth when they did the same and now they're "commemorating" something that happened decades ago rather than call attention to what's happening now.

Edit: here comes the Hasbara brigade with the downvotes.

F3nd0 23 minutes ago | |

You can care about some issues more than you care about others, or only speak out against some of them. I don’t think anyone is (or can be reasonably expected to be) speaking out about every single atrocity happening in the world. That doesn’t mean they don’t care about human rights. People are nuanced. It’s not all or nothing.