On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 11:59 -0800, Troy Engel wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > ----
> > you have to keep in mind that forking is one of the great strengths of
> > open source. That is the spirit of open source.
>
> Oh completely agreed - but how often do you see a fork before any
> code/developement is actually contributed (or, an earnest attempt to
> contribute)? While forking is in the spirit, forking outright "just
> because" doesn't seem like it's truly in the spirit. (*)
>
> I'm comparing this to more well known forks, like X.org or the more
> recent Mambo/Joomla. Political issues aside, the forks followed a more
> traditional path of people at least trying first to make it work. The
> vTiger fork strikes more more as a hit-and-run on someone else's codebase.
>
> My $0.02 US. :)
> -te
>
> (*) again I'm not a proponent of either side, but from a long time open
> source contributor and advocate point of view the vTiger moves feels sketchy
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I think it would be reasonable to conclude that their motivations are
entirely commercial if that is what you are driving at.
Craig
