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"Real open source isn’t submitting a patch and waiting/hoping that one day it might be accepted and merged into the main line." So the Linux kernel isn't REAL
by Rickasaurus 16y ago
"Real open source isn’t submitting a patch and waiting/hoping that one day it might be accepted and merged into the main line."
So the Linux kernel isn't REAL open source then?
- thomas11 16y agoOSS projects cannot guarantee to merge any patch they receive, that would mean disaster. The difference between Linux and MS Codeplex is that if you submit a patch to the former, it will be discussed in the open and it will be judged on its technical merit.
- mgkimsal 16y agoYou don't submit patches for Codeplex - you submit patches to projects hosted on Codeplex. Some project managers and devs using Codeplex are better than others at reviewing and taking patches and involvement. So what? Most projects on Sourceforge are just plain dead, but everything there is 'open source'.
- thomas11 16y agoSorry, I abbreviated "the projects on Codeplex that are run by Microsoft" as "Codeplex". That's how I understood the statement of the article where he said Codeplex wasn't real open source. If a project is under MS' wings, sure you can submit patches, but they might be rejected for business reasons or simply because no one cares.
- DrJokepu 16y agoI disagree with that as well. You can always fork if you're not happy with the way the project is managed. If your fork is considerably better, chances are, people will pick it up, as it already happened in the past a few times (EGCS, X.Org, etc.)
- bad_user 16y agoI have 3 friends that have contributed patches to the Linux kernel. How many friends have you had that contributed patches to any Microsoft MS-PL projects, outside of Microsoft of course? (e.g. ASP.NET MVC, DLR, IronPython, IronRuby)