Comment by nickff
17 hours ago
The 'bazaar' system is a wonderful methodology, but there is a place for the 'cathedral', and it is no less open source.
17 hours ago
The 'bazaar' system is a wonderful methodology, but there is a place for the 'cathedral', and it is no less open source.
I was arguing against this statement: "Open source does not mean, and has never meant, ongoing development nor development with the community." It is simply false that it has never meant that.
While you can have a cathedral-like development and publish it under an open-source license, that's not what RMS was talking about in his essay.
I'm also not arguing about what is good or bad, but about what was meant by the term "open source" when it was introduced, and how it is still understood by many people since then.
SQLite being a prime example of cathedral-style development that few would argue isn’t open source.
Ok, I'll bite.
SQLite is not Open Source, it is Public Domain. Which, I'd argue alas, is "better" than Open Source.
It is fair to say that the distinction to most people is inconsequential. Nevertheless they are different legal paradigms.
Free Software, and to a lesser extent, Open Source, impose restrictions which are not present in Pubic Domain software.