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I don't think that their choice to keep their server software proprietary is baffling. They're going to architect it so that it's easiest/best for their team to
by jzelinskie 4y ago
I don't think that their choice to keep their server software proprietary is baffling. They're going to architect it so that it's easiest/best for their team to run which is not the same what's easiest/best for EVERYONE to run as is the typical goal of open source software.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThere's two concerns: "can I run it myself", and "what does this security-critical third-party code do?" Open sourcing helps with the latter, even if the code's not very well optimized for general purpose use for the former case.
- judge2020 4y agoThe concern is that people will assume the OSS is for both scenarios, so even if you close issues and have a PR bot rejecting PRs, you'll still get both support tickets and (good|bad) PR from people trying to run the mainline system themselves. Supporting development on a made-for-self-hosting OSS project is the most user friendly option and allows them to avoid needing to handle the woes of public code.