On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 11:49:07PM +0100, Louigi Verona wrote: > Sure. But this is rare. And FLOSS absolutely doesn't guarantee that > this will not be the case when software is abandoned. Sure, in theory > someone can pick it up. That's an asymptotic difference. If proprietary software gets truly abandoned without its source code being released under a libre license, then that's an implacable barrier to continued development. It's *impossible* to do it legally, no matter how much will and skill is available. If Free Software gets abandoned, then interested developers/packagers can and sometimes do decide to maintain or extend it. Is this guaranteed? No, of course not. But is it possible? Yes. And does it happen? Yes, frequently. As I say, an asymptotic difference. -- A: When it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: When is top-posting a bad thing? () ASCII ribbon campaign. Please avoid HTML emails & proprietary /\ file formats. (Why? See e.g. https://v.gd/jrmGbS ). Thank you. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
