> Do you consider it a solution that if somebody doesn't like an OSS project's current direction, or contributor list, they could fork it and do whatever they w

> Do you consider it a solution that if somebody doesn't like an OSS project's current direction, or contributor list, they could fork it and do whatever they want with the fork? It can be, but is not a universal solution. > It seems to be a meritocratic line of thought, IMO. There could be a problem with how "merit" is calculated? A strictly meritocratic world is probably not one people actually want, but even accepting that... do we even have a well-structured and universally agreed-upon definition of merit? I submit we don't, for software.