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Forking is the answer, if you don't like the where a particular group is going with an open source project. Fork an old version, and perhaps you will find some
by incompatible 6y ago
Forking is the answer, if you don't like the where a particular group is going with an open source project. Fork an old version, and perhaps you will find some others who prefer it that way.
- a1369209993 6y agoNope! The original group will sue you for trademark infringement, despite that they're the ones peddling a broken knockoff version. (See, eg Python, Firefox, GIMP, etc; I don't pay much attention to webapp-related stuff, so I don't have more proximate examples.)
- incompatible 6y agoSo just give it a new name.
- chillfox 6y agoyes, but that generally doesn't stop someone from feeling annoyed. While I do like cheering for annoyed people to fork projects it's not always practical for a number of reason like: - The project is large and really requires multiple people to maintain. - It's written in a programming language that the person is not familiar with, or interested in (they might even dislike it). - License issues. - Their work might prevent them from working on open source projects due to intellectual property concerns.