alt Hacker NewsCorporations love open source when it delivers working code to their doorstep. They hate open source when it comes to actually maintaining and managing a community of developers who really do care about and use the core product.
So they create draconian "agreements" and "codes" to tilt the playing field entirely in their favor. It's entirely antithetical to the whole idea of open source.
These projects should be ruthlessly forked and all corporate development efforts ignored.
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re-thc • today at 5:15 AM
> These projects should be ruthlessly forked and all corporate development efforts ignored.
Please do and show that it can be sustainable. It’s easy to complain at home. It’s hard to actually keep it going.
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I'll be honest, I'm not sure why you're aggrieved here.
There's absolutely nothing in the "idea of Open Source" that suggests upstream has to accept contributions. Open Source allows you to tinker with the code, not force your changes on others.
Equally you are welcome to not sign anything you font want to sign. There are reasons for those docs, there are reasons to not sign them. It's completely your choice.
And of course you are free to fork anything anytime you like. You're even free to encourage others. So no beef there.
I presume you have at least followed your in principles here? I'm guessing you have forked Linux, and your browser, and your favorite language? And office suite? Posting links here would likely attract others who object to corporate development joining you.