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> CentOS is a sponsored project, we are the funding agent and we happen to also be a heavy contributor. It would be interesting if there was a way to determine
by cube00 6y ago
> CentOS is a sponsored project, we are the funding agent and we happen to also be a heavy contributor.
It would be interesting if there was a way to determine if any other open source projects have this kind of large dependency on a single company. Track GitHub accounts doing the commits which are linked to orgs perhaps?
- ghaff 6y agoYes, you can look at commits. The short answer is that the vast majority of open source projects are to a large degree dependent on a single person or company. (And those without corporate funding can have trouble--as did CentOS at one or more points in its history before Red Hat picked up the funding.) ADDED: Although major successful projects do tend to have a more diverse community because that's what takes most advantage of the open source development model.
- whatever1 6y agoOpen source is not free-of-charge to develop. Either a company is paying someone to contribute, or someone is dedicating voluntarily their own high-value time to contribute. Neither of the above is free.