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Somebody mentioned to make requirement that if companies want to discontinue supporting a product they should be required to open source the code.
by takeda 5y ago
Somebody mentioned to make requirement that if companies want to discontinue supporting a product they should be required to open source the code.
- wmf 5y agoThe chance that "the community" will create patches and users will somehow find and install those unofficial patches is very low. We need to set our sights higher than this.
- takeda 5y agoIf product is popular there will be always someone. If I was an user, I could patch it up myself (and I'm sure most people here would be able to, we're on HN).