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This isn't a "major problem with open source projects," it's a problem with the governence model of one specific project, and a conflict between the ASF and the
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
This isn't a "major problem with open source projects," it's a problem with the governence model of one specific project, and a conflict between the ASF and the company holding a controlling majority on the board.
Other than "governance is hard and politics sucks," I'm not sure what the "major problem" actually is
- jack9 10y ago> a problem with the governence model of one specific project, I think multiple (not many, nor all) OS projects have a leading vendor supporting the codebase in various ways. For poorly adopted or niche OS projects, hardware, computer languages, etc, this can be a deathstroke to the project.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoYeah, but they were saying it was a major flaw with all of OS. It isn't. In fact, if your project isn't incredibly popular, this likely won't effect you.