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minus-squarepotentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fishlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·4 days agoThat means very little to me. Actions speak louder than words, and it would probably help the development of loops if it was actually open source.
minus-squareMrRazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoMade by the same dev as Pixelfed, which did a similar thing.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoFor a lot of FLOSS projects, it’s common to keep the initial team small, so a product can be delivered fast, and gets opened up later. It’s to solve the “too many cooks” and prevent bikeshedding. A lot of corpo espionage is there solely to tank potential competitors, which include FLOSS projects.
That means very little to me. Actions speak louder than words, and it would probably help the development of loops if it was actually open source.
Made by the same dev as Pixelfed, which did a similar thing.
For a lot of FLOSS projects, it’s common to keep the initial team small, so a product can be delivered fast, and gets opened up later.
It’s to solve the “too many cooks” and prevent bikeshedding.
A lot of corpo espionage is there solely to tank potential competitors, which include FLOSS projects.