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In case you missed it, Jeff replies in the comments: http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1078/open-source-obligations#comment-151941 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog

In case you missed it, Jeff replies in the comments: http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1078/open-source-obligations#comment-151941 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/1078/open-source-obligations... I think the moral of the story is, "Don't feed the troll". I'm not sure if Jeff is deliberately provocative in his posts, but many of them do turn out that way, and you can bet he gets a lot of ad revenue from the publicity.

bmj 17y ago
It strikes me that perhaps Mr. Gruber can't win here--either he's too lax as a project parent, or he rules the project with an iron fist, and gets complaints because he's not flexible enough.
- nailer 17y ago
  Being involved in an Open Source project is expected for anyone that wants other people to use the code - implicit in publishing it. It doesn't imply working for free when asked, but it does require responding to email even if it's just to say 'sorry, I'm really busy right now'. If he rules the project with an iron fist, that's still much better. People know if the project is alive or not, and can make the decision to fork the project easily.