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To: Eric Wells who wrote (1074)9/8/1999 5:07:00 PM
From: Mitch Blevins  Read Replies (2) of 1794
 
Perhaps the central committee that controls Open Source development has rules in place to prevent this.

ROFL!

Perhaps the "central committee" that controls friendships among humans has rules to prevent bickering and fighting.

I think you should perhaps join a development effort prior to forming any opinions on the subject. It is obvious that you have many misperceptions.

Here is a starting hint... There is no central committee and there are no rules. Open Source development happens when at least two or more people get together to develop a piece of software without placing a restrictive license on it that prevents others from using, modifying, or redistributing that software. This license, as well as the (potential) usefulness of the code in question is what attracts even more developers to work on it. The better licenses have clauses the explicitly prevent the forking and hiding of code that you predict as a possible pitfall. Because the merits of the code in question is the main factor that decides whether other developers will contribute to it, the best code usually flourishes, while bad code falls by the roadside. It is a self-governing system that needs no central committee. You might as well talk about the central committee that controls evolution. :)
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