Mark Nottingham 2 months ago • • Mark Nottingham 2 months ago • • All of the drama around Wordpress is poster child #1 for why Open Source is not adequate to assure good governance -- forking is expensive and hard, and allows a lot of sins to be swept under the carpet. #1 Languages Search Text Share via ...
in reply to Mark Nottingham daniel:// stenberg:// in reply to Mark Nottingham • 2 months ago • • There are many good ways and many bad ways to run open source. At least forking *exists* as a last resort when every other venue has failed. Languages Search Text Share via ...
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// Stefan Eissing in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • 2 months ago • • @bagder There is no process to garantuee good governance. But there are processes that give individuals the chance to do good governance. @daniel:// stenberg:// Languages Search Text Share via ...
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// Poul-Henning Kamp in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • 2 months ago • • @bagderForking is for when people simply cannot coexist in the same project.It is much better for everybody to have two projects actually produce something, than one project where conflicts soak up all time.Textbook example: NetBSD/OpenBSDGovernance is an entirely different problem, and there is no one-size-fits-all, neither in time nor in space.Democracy has worked well for #FreeBSD, I'm insanely proud of that, and I think more FOSS-projects should give it a try. #freebsd @daniel:// stenberg:// Languages Search Text Share via ...
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Forking is for when people simply cannot coexist in the same project.
It is much better for everybody to have two projects actually produce something, than one project where conflicts soak up all time.
Textbook example: NetBSD/OpenBSD
Governance is an entirely different problem, and there is no one-size-fits-all, neither in time nor in space.
Democracy has worked well for #FreeBSD, I'm insanely proud of that, and I think more FOSS-projects should give it a try.