Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
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Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#2After reading this announcement, I have no clue what this is or why my company might want to join it.
Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#3After reading this announcement, I have no clue what this is or why my company might want to join it.
Agreed. "What it looks like to release open source projects, how to shift ownership of projects from companies to the community, and how to make sure that open source projects remaining healthy and active" has been discussed for almost 20 years. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that they have something to contribute here, but why not hold the announcement until they actually say what they're going to say?
Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#4After reading this announcement, I have no clue what this is or why my company might want to join it.
I feel similarly. I have a vague idea for what the group is about, but not really any idea as to what the group will do or what participating in the group would mean. More information's due.
Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#5After reading this announcement, I have no clue what this is or why my company might want to join it.
Came here to say this. Can't see any kind of mission statement other than there is a membership list and they committed to open source discussion.
Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#6After reading this announcement, I have no clue what this is or why my company might want to join it.
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Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#7After reading this announcement, I have no clue what this is or why my company might want to join it.
I agree with boucher. I have read every page on http://todogroup.org/ (don't worry, there were only a handful). There is nothing concrete about "talk openly, develop openly" other than the list of inaugural companies ("Box, Dropbox, Facebook, GitHub, Google, Khan Academy, Square, Stripe, Twitter, and Walmart Labs" from the blog post, though only some of those are listed on the official website).
I suppose that this is neutral at worst. I had the fleeting, whimsical thought that Apple and Samsung ought to both join.
Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#8At first I thought this was going to be a tool that highlights "//TODO:" comments in code for contributors to hack on in open-source projects.
Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#9After reading this announcement, I have no clue what this is or why my company might want to join it.
Would love to see someone from Github answer this question. Very curious what //TODO is about, what it actually does, etc.
Re: Introducing //TODO for companies that are committed to open source
#10Okay I'm not sure this is well thought out, at least the sign on procedure is not. Here is a series of messages they present to the user:
1. It is for companies with dedicated resources for open source projects.
2. The person signing on has to mention the company he is with, so ideally a person from the "dedicated resource" or open source department of a prospective company?
3. They exist to discuss "how to shift ownership of projects from companies to the community".
So as a person of an open source department at their company, one is expected to join this to help their company render their department useless?
They should bake it better and present it to the right person.