There may be strategic reasons why AOL does not want to add value to AOLserver outside of existing functionality. For instance, new functionality may compete with AOL technology that has not been released. AOL could be at a disadvantage if it has to re-write other existing code to work with a significantly different AOLserver implementation, where new competition would not have that cost burden if starting with a fresh version of AOLserver. That does not stop a competitor from implementing entirely different (and newer) code, not based on AOLserver.
Perhaps the way to reconcile this is to have two opensource AOLserver versions. One version meets the current project requirements (including AOL's internal ones).
The other version has less restrictive requirements, thereby fostering the creativity and implementaton requirements of others in the community as technology (and it's uses) evolve. This alternate version would be in AOL's strategic interests for technology innovation and advancing the AOLserver platform. AOL could add parts of this version to the other version as it sees fit.
Maybe make even numbered versions according to the strict AOL requirements, and odd numbered versions to the "relaxed" version?
Torben
Dossy wrote:
Spend some time thinking about it, and when you have a better idea of what that "something" actually is, tell us all about it. We're all listening.
Vlad Seryakov wrote:
In my case "something" is: i feel that contributing into AOLServer project feels like asking permission from AOL, is AOL willing to accept or even consider whatever additions i am offering. In most case they will be rejected because of stability, direction, code style or pure "messed up code". I understand that AOL pays core developers but i think this is what makes me feel this is not open-source project, this is AOL project with open sources. It is not bad and AOL benefits from this greatly, so many free QA/testers but still, AOLserver goes in the direction at least i do not agree with. I think AOLServer should not be pure webserver, just another webserver even running by AOL, still just another webserver, it has potential to be full-blown application server.
I support my patches and develop different version of aolserver, allowing differnet protocols, for example HTTP or SIP over UDP, but i am sure AOL will not accept them, so i keep them to myself. There are many small improvements can be done and i 've done a lot of them, binder for example, many modules. They are public but still, core is what AOL provides.
I am not saying the word "fork", but it may happen.
If you're being intentionally vague about what "something" is, and "something" refers to me and my leadership of this project, then please just say so.
You are great project leader, no doubt, you just work for AOL, it is very noticable.
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