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You're conflating open source software, which is any software published under an OSS license, with an open development model. (Not to mention the assumption th
by pwdisswordfish0 6y ago
You're conflating open source software, which is any software published under an OSS license, with an open development model. (Not to mention the assumption that "open source" automatically means publishing to GitHub—it doesn't.)
Apple, for example, publishes a ton of stuff over at opensource.apple.com. But the majority of it is stuff thrown over the wall, and not attached to a community that has to be actively managed.
The insistence on confusing these things for other people is perhaps one of the biggest threats to open source.
- mooreds 6y agoFair. Would you say that the author of the post was speaking about the issues with an open development model? That's a great distinction as there are companies out there doing open development who may have a closed source product.
- yw3410 6y agoYes; but you have to remember that git forges like GitHub and Gitlab push you towards that the open development model with their defaults.