On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Morgaine <morgaine.din...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I believe that the > company has business motives for doing what it is doing in secret, and that > it is willing to sacrifice open source principles and community involvement > to achieve those business goals. That's all.
We are willing to make some sacrifices. This is a company with an open source project, not an open source project with a company. If the community becomes obstructionist enough to get in the way of business, the open source part will get throttled back. If the community's being largely helpful, open source involvement is advanced. I spoke up because this conversation was looking a lot like something that could lead to throttling while accomplishing nothing. Nobody's asking you or anyone to sacrifice their personal best interests in order to be involved in viewer work. That shouldn't be expected of the company either. Nobody's taken any loyalty oaths (and no, the contributor agreement doesn't count :). A totally healthy open source project usually can be developed completely in the open, and in a way that's aligned with everybody's interests. But that takes an active commitment on all sides, both in terms of composure, and in understanding each others' needs. There have been some good arguments in this thread, though I think they're probably lost to most of the people who could benefit by them because of the volume and tone of the discussion. Consolidating those into a list of pros and cons of each approach and taking a wiki link to Q's office hours could be one way to turn the info into something mutually beneficial. It's a short step from that to a calm discussion about your wants and needs, versus the company's wants and needs, to see if there's common ground to be had. _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
