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Posting some discussions in the open doesn't make it well-lit. There are many projects following this path where the real decisions are made in private meetings
by pathseeker 9y ago
Posting some discussions in the open doesn't make it well-lit. There are many projects following this path where the real decisions are made in private meetings by people in the controlling companies. Open washing is not open source.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoIndeed, while discussing AMP4Email, it seemed that, despite being a proposal in the AMP Project, all decisions for it's implementation were already made (and committed to) by the Gmail team, it had already been "reviewed" by a security team (although any such security protections are limited to Gmail's own internal protections, other implementers are on their own), and there seemed to be no opportunity for the greater email community to comment before these things were decided. Having it up on GitHub after that doesn't really mean much. This is the same for Android and Chrome, of course.
- skybrian 9y agoWell, technically, it is. Open source doesn't imply governance by an independent standards body. There are just requirements for what counts as an open source license. A project run by a "benevolent dictator for life" (like Python or Elm) is entirely compatible with open source. The same is true for a project run by a corporation (like React).