Five New Myths To Consider

Over at It’s All Geek To Me Vishy has a list of 5 myths of open source:

An OSS project is a democracy.
Any user of an OSS product can change its direction.
Contributors work on an OSS project purely on volunteered time.
Decisions regarding an OSS project’s direction are made purely on technical merit.
The principles of open source [...]

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Over at It’s All Geek To Me Vishy has a list of 5 myths of open source:

  1. An OSS project is a democracy.
  2. Any user of an OSS product can change its direction.
  3. Contributors work on an OSS project purely on volunteered time.
  4. Decisions regarding an OSS project’s direction are made purely on technical merit.
  5. The principles of open source are important to users of an OSS project.

A nice selection of points, each well explained. Kudos!

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