On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Maggie Leber (sl: Maggie Darwin) <mag...@matrisync.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Soft Linden <s...@lindenlab.com> wrote: > >> 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... > > True enough. But I think there's widespread perception that the Second > Life Viewer is already not a "totally healthy open-source project", > and I don't think that perception can't be laid at the door of > "obstructionism".
When discussions are poisoned to the point where folks are name-calling and ascribing twisted motives to others on the list, the people doing that are obstructive. That very much weighs against a Linden's decision as to whether their work would benefit from open development. I can also confidently say that the horrible signal to noise ratio of feedback to developers has been the biggest barrier to open development, prior to the viewer 2.0 development cycle. > If that's the case, are you threating even less cooperation with the > open source project unless people stop "obstructing" by becoming > cheerleaders for an agenda that you haven't even disclosed? I'm not threatening anything. I'm pointing out that if you work with a dev, they're more likely to want to work with you. If you work against them, they're not going to make an effort to include you. This comes down to individual Linden and team decisions on how they can be the most effective. Even sections of the Linux kernel, the open source flagship, have been developed in private and then taken back for submission. That's happened when the community stopped being productive. Sometimes that's even lead to nice projects, like the new scheduler. The implication that every last person has to have a say in every last aspect of development for something to be an open source project is false. That level of involvement is earned by merit. And demonizing Linden Lab and its developers or otherwise getting in the way certainly pisses away whatever developer karma one might have accumulated. _______________________________________________ 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
