> But we do need a gatekeeper Having observed this area for 18 years now, I'll say that gatekeeper (a party which has unwaveringly observed and stuck to delive

> But we do need a gatekeeper Having observed this area for 18 years now, I'll say that gatekeeper (a party which has unwaveringly observed and stuck to delivering the principles of software freedom) is the Free Software Foundation. This is the only reason why users gravitate to "open source" - not its sexy name, but the freedoms such software provides when a user wants to use/apply it. Back in the day, the founding president of OSI justified VA Linux making the "alexandria" project closed source (the software that ran Sourceforge.net back in the day - back when sourceforge.net was a good citizen). The remains of "alexandria" was forked to form other projects such as GNU savannah, and there was a later fork named GForge IIRC. https://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2001082501120prbzcy https://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2001082501120prbzc... There is only one organization that has unwaveringly sought freedoms for users of software. I've firsthand heard it being accused of promoting communism, and sometimes have wondered if it went too far. At least, they haven't wandered in their principles.