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I thought Diaspora was dead.
by luisZavaleta 11y ago
I thought Diaspora was dead.
- twic 11y agoI'd be interested to hear from anyone who's an active user.
- erikpukinskis 11y agoOpen source software doesn't die until the last user stops using it. That's the point. If it were proprietary it would be dead.
- JulianMorrison 11y agoIt does, however, become a Lovecraftian relic, unchanging, undying, until the stars come right or the users return.
- shubb 11y agoOh! So that's why OpenBSD has that mutant fish logo!
- arihant 11y agoThat has nothing to do with open source. Winamp is not actively developed, but I can still use it as long as I have the binary. So by your definition, is Winamp dead or alive? The point is - a software is considered dead when there is nobody to maintain it, if maintenance is required. Licensing has no bearing on demise of software.
- dredmorbius 11y agoWinamp would have far more barriers to becoming actively developed again. Free software simply needs someone interested in developing it.
- rabbyte 11y agoSoftware dies when the last developer stops looking and even then software is reborn with every new observer. The visibility of the source code affects the potential developer pool size but private institutions can be as effective as public ones in carrying property forward and sustaining its life.