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The other point that there are millions of boring crud apps written out there in govt/contractor land. We dont need to see these as open source, its not as if t
by rb808 8y ago
The other point that there are millions of boring crud apps written out there in govt/contractor land. We dont need to see these as open source, its not as if there are lots of devs that love fixing crappy crud apps in their spare time.
- c22 8y agoYour argument against is that we might get bored reading the open source code?
- YetAnotherNick 8y agoWhile it is bad way to put it, but GP comments does make a little sense. All I can think of government software is CRUD apps or research projects. The source of later is released on case by case basis(tor, selinux on one hand, exploits such as stuxnet on the other) and any ruling won't help much there.
- c22 8y agoBut why shouldn't CRUD apps be open sourced? Is the assertion that they stand to reap no benefit because no one will contribute to them? I don't think I agree with this position. Nor do I feel that contributions are the only forseeable benefit of open source software.
- Pfhreak 8y agoSure there are. Plenty of folks are looking for easy fixes to make to software, or are trying to learn to code. When I was in college, I looked for little projects like this all the time that had approachable, easy to grok bugs. I love being a gardener, cleaning up cruft, tackling todos, working through various bug lists, and generally tidying up a codebase. Simple CRUD apps are full of this stuff. And I'm sure I'm not alone in looking for easy ways to participate and feel a little more connected.