Scott Robert Ladd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggests: > I found this quote rather interesting: > > > FWIW: I think we should actively weed out one-man-effort > dependencies. > People have the freedom to change their > mind, but we shouldn't be a > victim of that. > > Change the words "one-man" to "open source", and see how it > reads. I've > been in on debates about whether or not to use "open source" > code... I > suggest the Apache might want to take the high road here, and judge > matters based on quality and applicability, not broad prejudices.
I think you miss the issue here: there's certainly no equivalency between "one-man-effort" and "open source". It seems that on one hand you complain that you can't afford the time to provide free support for everyone using Jisp, then on the other you want people to accept code that has only you supporting it. The solution to your (and the Cocoon communities) dilemma is not to have a restrictive license (as I think you agree), or to accept "one-man-efforts", but rather, to have a community supporting the code. Once you have a community supporting the code you will personally no longer be "pestered" to provide free support. (OTOH, as one of the primary developers of the code base you will be seen as having value for anyone willing to put up consultant dollars....) Now, exactly, how you go about building a community is another question. But, it seems that perhaps some of the Cocoon project members might be willing to help?
