Without those things open source would slowly die. All of those are about getting more users for products, getting funding to make them happen, but more importantly, inspiring the next group of contributors.
Open source doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It costs money and time. People need to care about it.
Without users, a project is just a hobby and unlikely to persist long term. Without funding, contributors are forced to abandon for jobs to out food on the table. Without the next group of contributors to pass the torch onto, projects die.
So, let’s go big picture here. Let’s get away from the specifics. Let’s even assume that she’s a bad person to put in place, or that her office is unnecessary.
I’m not donating money to the GNOME Foundation. It’s not my money at stake. Unless you’re a donor, it’s not your money at stake.
I’m not familiar with the GNOME Foundation, but I can tell you right now that it doesn’t get exclusive control of GNOME. They don’t hold IP rights over GNOME software. If people and companies don’t like where they’re going, they can ignore them.
I think that it was Linus Torvalds who once pointed out that his only authority derives from the fact that people generally felt that he was doing a good job, and if that changed, he wouldn’t have that authority.
Even if they fund work on a project, you want to fork an open-source project, you can fork it. Wouldn’t be the first time that a fork has supplanted a parent project.
BS we don’t need.
Without those things open source would slowly die. All of those are about getting more users for products, getting funding to make them happen, but more importantly, inspiring the next group of contributors.
Open source doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It costs money and time. People need to care about it.
Without users, a project is just a hobby and unlikely to persist long term. Without funding, contributors are forced to abandon for jobs to out food on the table. Without the next group of contributors to pass the torch onto, projects die.
So, let’s go big picture here. Let’s get away from the specifics. Let’s even assume that she’s a bad person to put in place, or that her office is unnecessary.
I’m not donating money to the GNOME Foundation. It’s not my money at stake. Unless you’re a donor, it’s not your money at stake.
I’m not familiar with the GNOME Foundation, but I can tell you right now that it doesn’t get exclusive control of GNOME. They don’t hold IP rights over GNOME software. If people and companies don’t like where they’re going, they can ignore them.
I think that it was Linus Torvalds who once pointed out that his only authority derives from the fact that people generally felt that he was doing a good job, and if that changed, he wouldn’t have that authority.
Even if they fund work on a project, you want to fork an open-source project, you can fork it. Wouldn’t be the first time that a fork has supplanted a parent project.