On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 16:28 +0530, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
2011/4/1 Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@thenilgiris.com:
well, in my opinion, open source software, be it a script of 25
lines or
a kernel of lakhs of lines, is not truly open source unless:
[snip]
Fortunately or unfortunately, the world has a different definition of open source.
what is the 'worlds' definition of open source?
Why would a developer go through all this if she does not intend to support the code or continue development on it?
Rony is not going to support the code or continue development on it?
Releasing open source code shouldn't be a millstone.
what is the millstone? version control? ticketing? complying with the chosen license? encouraging people to contribute because of the above? I agree in the last century doing all this was a pain and expensive too. Now it is free and can be done with a few clicks of a mouse.
as a matter of fact, it is impossible to develop decent scripts/software without all the above.
and for heavens sake refrain from cc-ing me on every post - what exactly is so difficult about pressing 'reply' instead of pressing 'reply-all'?