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- curl: Daniel Stenberg et al. - https://github.com/orgs/curl/people https://github.com/orgs/curl/people - Lua (programming language): team of 3 - https://www.

by shprd 2y ago

- curl: Daniel Stenberg et al. - https://github.com/orgs/curl/people https://github.com/orgs/curl/people - Lua (programming language): team of 3 - https://www.lua.org/authors.html https://www.lua.org/authors.html - openssl: 15 people - https://github.com/orgs/openssl/people https://github.com/orgs/openssl/people maybe also: sqlite, vim, nginx, redis

rollcat 2y ago
> maybe also: sqlite [...] SQLite won't accept contributions from outside the core team; joining the core team is an involved process, as they're taking extreme measures to ensure it will continue to be recognised as a work in public domain in as many jurisdictions as humanly possible. You can still support the project by paying them for their work (or by getting your employer to do so): https://www.sqlite.org/prosupport.html https://www.sqlite.org/prosupport.html
- mrweasel 2y ago
  My understanding was that you could absolutely contribute without joining the core team, but you do need to file some paperwork to ensure that code can remain in the public domain. The need for the legal paperwork is that public domain is not a thing in multiple countries.
  - rollcat 2y ago
    The justification and legal requirements are pretty clearly explained: https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html TL;DR: they have a company that legally employs every single co-author, to be able to sell you a Warranty of Title, just in case your company/jurisdiction/etc has a problem with public domain.
einpoklum 2y ago
15 people is not "a few", it's a substantial group. How many maintainers for the other ones you mentioned?
pledg 2y ago
There's 724 people listed as contributors on the redis GitHub.
- shprd 2y ago
  Right, but the question is concerned with the number of maintainers. The people who play some role, not just passing by. Redis team consists of 8 people: https://github.com/orgs/redis/people https://github.com/orgs/redis/people

by shprd 2y ago

rollcat 2y ago

> maybe also: sqlite [...] SQLite won't accept contributions from outside the core team; joining the core team is an involved process, as they're taking extreme measures to ensure it will continue to be recognised as a work in public domain in as many jurisdictions as humanly possible. You can still support the project by paying them for their work (or by getting your employer to do so): https://www.sqlite.org/prosupport.html https://www.sqlite.org/prosupport.html

mrweasel 2y ago
My understanding was that you could absolutely contribute without joining the core team, but you do need to file some paperwork to ensure that code can remain in the public domain. The need for the legal paperwork is that public domain is not a thing in multiple countries.
- rollcat 2y ago
  The justification and legal requirements are pretty clearly explained: https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html TL;DR: they have a company that legally employs every single co-author, to be able to sell you a Warranty of Title, just in case your company/jurisdiction/etc has a problem with public domain.

einpoklum 2y ago

15 people is not "a few", it's a substantial group. How many maintainers for the other ones you mentioned?

pledg 2y ago

There's 724 people listed as contributors on the redis GitHub.

shprd 2y ago
Right, but the question is concerned with the number of maintainers. The people who play some role, not just passing by. Redis team consists of 8 people: https://github.com/orgs/redis/people https://github.com/orgs/redis/people