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> But if it is someone's project, why should they have to leave if governance doesn't go the way they wish? Many projects start as someone's project, but becom
by neilv 11mo ago
> But if it is someone's project, why should they have to leave if governance doesn't go the way they wish?
Many projects start as someone's project, but become bigger than the one person.
If they keep it as one person's project, that's clear.
If there are other contributors, that's less clear.
If the project has a formal organization with governance, it's not the person's project. They might be grandparented in, like a vestige of a past monarchy, but the governance will evolve, to elections. The royalty will be kept for the tourism dollars.
- nomdep 11mo ago> If the project has a formal organization with governance, it's not the person's project A great reason for NOT having a formal organization with governance
- ktallett 11mo agoIt depends how the other contributors are gained. If they choose to help voluntarily, then they have no claim on the development of the project. They can help to mould it as they choose but that is it. If it doesn't go the way they want they have no right to oust the creator.
- KingMob 11mo ago> If they choose to help voluntarily, then they have no claim on the development of the project. Not true at all. They have copyright to any code/docs they contribute. Things like CLAs distory this legal reality by forcing you to relinquish your rights and enabling BDFLs to act as if they personally wrote all outside code. To say nothing of norms of social reciprocity...