> Spark, Cassandra I'm a former Apache board member, and I've worked with contributors to those specific projects on governance issues. I stand by what I said

> Spark, Cassandra I'm a former Apache board member, and I've worked with contributors to those specific projects on governance issues. I stand by what I said. When it is possible for users to become contributors and gain a governance stake, projects tend to become more dedicated to preserving backwards compatibility. People who are counting on the software get in a position where they can raise a big, loud stink when their interests are threatened. Sometimes projects break compat anyway, but only after traumatic debate. And depending on how the open governance is set up, it can be nearly impossible for the project to be sold out from underneath its users.