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October 17, 2023

HPR3967: Unsolicited thoughts on running open source software projects

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Some thoughts on the different ways you can run an open source

software project, comparing projects like password-store, which are

based on a mailing list and use a minimal forge platform, and others

that are based on a fancy forge like Github.

I think the fancy forge gives the open source software project a vibe

that we're more used to, in our capitalist society. It's a more

centralized structure that feels more like a service that's being

offered to the public, mostly in one direction. Meanwhile software

projects that don't have a platform for creating road maps, issues, pull

requests etc actually foster a stronger and more open community

structure, rather counter-intuitively, because the software is free and

everyone is able to contribute and modify the software for their own

use, and they in fact do. The idea of a canonical version of the

software is only a convenience, not a defining feature of it.

Let me know your thoughts on this.

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