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Another piece of software goes to rot under the Eclipse Foundation, woo A foundation so bureaucratic that there is OSS that new people can't take over because
by delfinom 3y ago
Another piece of software goes to rot under the Eclipse Foundation, woo
A foundation so bureaucratic that there is OSS that new people can't take over because it requires years of bureaucratic process.
- andyjohnson0 3y agoAccording to the article the software is MIT licenced - one of the most permissive licences available. The Eclipse Foundation is an unusual choice, but amyone can use/modify or even fork this code if they want.
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- maccard 3y agoSo what's your alternative? Leave it rot in a filing cupboard somewhere?
- nine_k 3y agoWhat's the point of "taking over" if you can fork? How it something OSS if you cannot fork?
- sigzero 3y agoIt isn't going to rot. It's used in a phenomenal amount of devices. This is a good thing.
- jzb 3y agoIt will only rot if nobody wants to work on it. If Eclipse is horribly bureaucratic, then developers who don't want to participate in an Eclipse project may now fork it. Seems like it's a win-win. If there's a group that can't abide whatever constraints exist with Eclipse, then they can fork. If not, it's still better off being open than not. I don't really see a downside here.