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Doesn't it bother you that even though it is open source, it is essentially maintained by one person [1]? What happens to the SaaS offering if he gets run over
by thatsnotmepls 7y ago
Doesn't it bother you that even though it is open source, it is essentially maintained by one person [1]?
What happens to the SaaS offering if he gets run over by a car?
[1] https://github.com/bitwarden/server/graphs/contributors https://github.com/bitwarden/server/graphs/contributors
- bad_user 7y agoOpen Source means that it can be forked. If that guy gets hit by a bus and if the app is useful enough (and it is), then a fork will happen. And I can always do some contributions myself. And if I'm wrong and that fork doesn't happen, then nobody (with resources) wants it, in which case might as well let it die. The bus factor for open source stuff is great, even with zero contributors at any point in time. In contrast when a proprietary app gets killed (either due to acquisition or b/c it's not profitable) then it's gone for good. If a proprietary app changes, to include ads or anything that you don't like, there's absolutely nothing you can do but switch to something else or bend over.