Michal Bielicki <michal.bielicki at voiceworks.pl> wrote:
> > True OpenSource is more than throwing things over the fence.
> >
> > J?rg
> >
> >
> What is True OpenSource that would pass your test ? ALL projects I know
> have a core decision team that in most cases is pretty undemocratic,
> and in some cases totally totalitarian. Does that make them not true
> OpenSource ? Is OpenBSD untrue OpenSource ? Sendmail ? Postfix ? cdrecord ?
> Where is the voting group for star ? Are all your projects democratic
> joerg, or do we just all have the right to your opinion ?
> Is the team that actually developed 90 or even 99% of a software not
> allowed to be a major control party, even in an opensource project ?
> Isn't it normal that who does most of the work also has at least a
> majority in the votes ?
Other projects typically allow you to decide based on the previous amount
of work you spend for the project.
This however only works if it is possible to collaborate and here is the
current problem with OpenSolaris.
If you like to rant, please do it only for those people who miss to prove their
claims.
J?rg
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