I kind of read that a bit differently. First off, we can probably agree that not every corporate open source project is one that the community expresses an int

I kind of read that a bit differently. First off, we can probably agree that not every corporate open source project is one that the community expresses an interest in. For those projects without community interest, this is moot. For projects that the community does have an interest in, it can easily become unwieldy for a company to try and lead an open source project for a variety of reasons. I see it as beneficial to the company and the community for the community to gradually assume ownership of projects they are interested in. Even if the community takes the project in a direction the company doesn't like, the company can always fork, or revert to an earlier version and continue. It seems like a win-win to me.