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This what I wish people would remember before they complain that some feature they can barely verbalize isn't in the codebase. They deserve the "just fork it" slam because they can't imagine that actually, a maintainer's life is already hard enough.
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It is not click-bait. The article does not describe the situations like opentofu or mysql.
... but somehow fails to qualify that distinction in its actual content. "FOSS" includes opentofu and mysql and the redis alternatives and a lot more than just social media alternatives...
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The point of an essay is not just to make true statements. It's also to convince readers of those statements. Thus, the way the arguments are presented by the writer, and the way that readers interpret the arguments, is crucial.
The readers on this website are hopefully less lazy than that
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... but somehow fails to qualify that distinction in its actual content. "FOSS" includes opentofu and mysql and the redis alternatives and a lot more than just social media alternatives...
thinking critically is left as an exercise to the reader.
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> i've heard it as a dismissal countless times. a project owner have the right to be dismissive about anything regarding their own project. This is why "just fork it" is both dismissive, but also power. If you are simply asking a project owner to do somethings you wanted (often for free, i might add), then why shouldn't they be dismissive? If you have an idea for said project that the owner is dismissive about, then…
i disagree with that stance. an open source project is made up of contributions by dozens, maybe thousands of people, and they almost always only contributed to that one specific repository under that one specific person's control due to game theoretical processes that are mostly random, such as first-mover advantage, schelling points, etc. the collective effort of those people usually far outweighs what the controll…
The dictator could be benevolent - as is most, because it's the most beneficial to be one. However, there's no rules that says they must be. They could run it with an iron fist. The contributors do so knowing this - or at least, should have known this.
Look at wordpress's fiasco, for example.
You are under the illusion that the owner is doing the project for the betterment of the community. They _might_ be, but it's not a requirement.
I personally behave as if everyone is selfish, and will be out to screw you if given the opportunity and reason. Assume the worst and plan for that; if it turns out they are nice, then all the better.
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It is not click-bait. The article does not describe the situations like opentofu or mysql.
... but somehow fails to qualify that distinction in its actual content. "FOSS" includes opentofu and mysql and the redis alternatives and a lot more than just social media alternatives...
This is now my favorite explanation of how I feel when people default to “just fork it”. I’ve always had trouble expressing how I think that is a symptom of a community problem. One that is endemic in many Linux communities. The next time I want to explain this, I’ll be linking to this post.
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That brings to mind one of my favorite sayings: "It may be open source, but that doesn't mean that it is afraid of money."
It would be, if it were true. I'm not going to cast the entirety of a very large community in a single light, but there are great deal of people in the open source community who are afraid of money, or more specifically, that someone else might be making some, especially using open source code that they didn't personally hand write. Another symptom is most projects don't have an easy way to donate money to them.
The money/downloads value is so low it's basically a waste of time to set it up.