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On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:22:09 -0700 |
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Greg KH <gregkh@g.o> wrote: |
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> The people doing the work today do understand them, by virtue of |
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> doing the work involved, which gives them the say in how it is done. |
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> That's how open source works, why is this ever a surprise to people? |
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The problem is that when a small number of people who have commit |
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access to core projects screw everything up and don't fix the mess |
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they're inflicting upon everyone, the only option left with "how open |
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source works" is for someone to fork the code from the point where it |
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all worked. That isn't something that should be done lightly. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |