Millions of electrons died to bring me this message. Was it worth it,
Vadim Plessky?
> HelixGNOME is nor free product, for sure. It is controlled by one company.
> May be, possible solution for GNOME community will be to split development,
> and have one real independent GNOME, and one - HelixGNOME.
Isn't it GPLed software? Then it's free. We can pick and choose what parts
of HelixGnome we want.
> To add more. Even GNOME Foundation is not bad thing. Question is HOW it will
> be managed. From my experience, big companies can't manage such stuff. They
> are TOO BIG. If Miguel will rule GNOME foundation as Imperator /or Tsar :-)/,
> GNome Foundation will become just department of HelixCode.
Linus Torvalds is the benevolent dictator of the Linux kernel, you know.
With GPLed software, it doesn't matter if one person, company, or government
controls a particular project. If they do a good job; everybody is happy.
If they do a bad job / alienate some developers, anybody can fork the project
and make their own changes. If the changes are good, the new project will get
more supporters than the original one and will become the new 'standard'
project. A 'Imperator' or 'Tsa'r over a Free project only has as much power
as people give them.
--
Graham Percival
