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Why is going open source more difficult than not? isn't it enough to make sure all the code is legal and dump it as is? The community might even help cleaning
by catlikesshrimp 1y ago
Why is going open source more difficult than not? isn't it enough to make sure all the code is legal and dump it as is?
The community might even help cleaning it. Documentation might or could come at some point in the future.
- gtirloni 1y agoOnce it's fully open source, there are certain expectations and a lot of overhead involved in maintaining the community, governance, etc. I can understand if they delay it while they are still figuring out the initial vision and want to stay focused. There are many examples of open source maintainers burning out due to that overhead, and it seems Kagi might be stretched too thin right now.
- eviks 1y agoIf it's not fully open source, there are certain expectaions of fully open sourcing it. Just like they continue to ignore them, they can ignore the ones you mentioned and do not do any community/governance etc. No focus lost. Also, those many examples burning out are of unpaid individuals, not commercial companies
- xigoi 1y agoOpen source does nat mean that you have to accept contributions. Look at SQLite.