Comments on: Open Source does not imply dictatorship http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/ Open Source, Modern Programming Languages, OS X, Photography, and ... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Doug Dobbins http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2231 Doug Dobbins Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:45:46 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2231 I agree with you. At times, it may be best way to move forward to ship. I agree with you. At times, it may be best way to move forward to ship.

]]> By: Rams http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2228 Rams Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:15:55 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2228 <b>Commit access</b> Is there a transparent process for deciding commit access ? At no point in time do the archives of the committer only mailing become public - even political documents can be had with freedom of information acts in many democracies. Who becomes the member of an open source cabal is probably decided in many cases based on the level of culture comfort the committers feel with the new contributer. Notice how fast some of these Google Summer of Code participants get commit access ? Wonder what's going on here. <b>Private companies claiming to be doing open source</b> There was a rant on this some time back on radar.oreilly.com about this. Quite a few companies don't even publicly advertise their open source repository locations. How does that make it open source ?There is no process by which patches can be submitted. There are too many people jumping on the bandwagon hoping to cash in on this OSS thing. Commit access
Is there a transparent process for deciding commit access ? At no point in time do the archives of the committer only mailing become public - even political documents can be had with freedom of information acts in many democracies. Who becomes the member of an open source cabal is probably decided in many cases based on the level of culture comfort the committers feel with the new contributer. Notice how fast some of these Google Summer of Code participants get commit access ? Wonder what’s going on here.

Private companies claiming to be doing open source
There was a rant on this some time back on radar.oreilly.com about this. Quite a few companies don’t even publicly advertise their open source repository locations. How does that make it open source ?There is no process by which patches can be submitted. There are too many people jumping on the bandwagon hoping to cash in on this OSS thing.

]]> By: Ted Leung http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2150 Ted Leung Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:21:11 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2150 Eduardo - the license makes forking a deterrent to bad dictators Doug - benevolent dictatorships are frequently a choice by the community, not in opposition to it. Eduardo - the license makes forking a deterrent to bad dictators

Doug - benevolent dictatorships are frequently a choice by the community, not in opposition to it.

]]> By: Doug Dobbins http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2149 Doug Dobbins Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:55:33 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2149 You seem to have less of a chance of a "benevolent dictatorship" occurring when the buy in on goals is deep in the community and well understood, even by people not on the project. You seem to have less of a chance of a “benevolent dictatorship” occurring when the buy in on goals is deep in the community and well understood, even by people not on the project.

]]> By: Eduardo O Padoan http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2143 Eduardo O Padoan Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:11:37 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2143 Also, dictatorships does'nt allow forks :) Also, dictatorships does’nt allow forks :)

]]> By: Ted Leung http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2131 Ted Leung Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:23:18 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2131 Thanks Dave! Thanks Dave!

]]> By: Dave Winer http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2126 Dave Winer Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:48:07 +0000 http://www.sauria.com/blog/2007/04/05/open-source-doest-not-imply-dictatorship/#comment-2126 Sorry I didn't mean to imply that all open source projects were benevolent dictatorships, just some. I'll probably edit the piece to make that clear. Sorry I didn’t mean to imply that all open source projects were benevolent dictatorships, just some. I’ll probably edit the piece to make that clear.

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