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Far too many promising open source projects have disappeared because the benevolent dictator lost interest and disappeared without leaving an empowered communit
by couchand 5y ago
Far too many promising open source projects have disappeared because the benevolent dictator lost interest and disappeared without leaving an empowered community. Far too many promising open source projects withered and died because the not-actually-benevolent dictator turned off every would-be contributor.
In the scope of things, these are much more common that the few examples of projects that succeeded in spite of low bus factor and toxicity.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoThe code doesn't cease to exist. If one person is doing all the heavy lifting and decides to stop, it isn't their fault for not creating a social hierarchy.