Open Source Does Not Imply Open Community
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Open source software has existed long before the invention of the (D)VCS. The author likely hosted a barebones HTML webpage or a txt file describing the project. There definitely was an FTP server somewhere with tarballs. The author may have been reachable by email.
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In early days of Internet for "consumers", the resources allowed were far more limited, and connections were "dial-up" basis. So most "near-open" solution was to connect to more ancient BBS services via telnet access points (i.e., NIFTY serve in Japan which [I heared] is Compu-serve alike), but not all BBS services that anyone can subscribe (with or without fee) provided such an connections. So open communities for open source codes were difficult to start up.
But now, we have excellent services like here.
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Free yourself. Go back to the old ways. Especially if you're angry about the influx of new people and AI bots stealing your attention... Whatever you do, don't get tricked into running an operation that's half tech incubator and half daycare for people whose parents gave them a keyboard and no social skills.
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Open source software has existed long before the invention of the (D)VCS. The author likely hosted a barebones HTML webpage or a txt file describing the project. There definitely was an FTP server somewhere with tarballs. The author may have been reachable by email.
Parallel discussions:
- Open Source Does Not Imply Open Community | Lobsters
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Nit: I don't like the Douglas Adams pretence.
The heart of the problem isn't at the GitHub level; it's people, at any level. One or two bad eggs can spoil an omelette.
… No "community". No politics. No Code of Conduct. No pull requests or issues. No wiki. No core team. …
Worth reading (the author is a FreeBSD ports committer):
Eggs
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Parallel discussions:
- Open Source Does Not Imply Open Community | Lobsters
- Open source does not imply open community | Hacker News
Nit: I don't like the Douglas Adams pretence.
The heart of the problem isn't at the GitHub level; it's people, at any level. One or two bad eggs can spoil an omelette.
… No "community". No politics. No Code of Conduct. No pull requests or issues. No wiki. No core team. …
Worth reading (the author is a FreeBSD ports committer):
Eggs
grahamperrin said:
One or two bad eggs can spoil an omelette.
… and now, the omelette is thoroughly spoilt.
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