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There is an interesting discussion here [ 1 ] although this particular project has since modified their stance Summary from thread 1. Too many small contribut
by harikb 5y ago
There is an interesting discussion here [ 1 ] although this particular project has since modified their stance
Summary from thread
1. Too many small contributions takes a toll on core developers
2. Issue of copyright assignment and knowing chain of ownership
3. Social cost when a PR is rejected and the submitter is mad.
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25940195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25940195
- majkinetor 5y agoWhile 1. may be meaningful on mainstream IT FOSS projects, this has probably next to 0 relevance to gov FOSS services. Issue 2 is solved already. Issue 3. also seem irrelevant - I doubt folks other from academia and specific nerds will try to PR on gov service given the extensive in domain hard to get knowledge that is needed for that in genral.