Anil today brought up the issue of the Singularity Principle in the TSC Policy in todays TSC:
https://www.opendaylight.org/tsc-policy The TSC Policy contains a statement: "Singularity: To the extent possible, there should be no overlap between the goals of the core projects and artifacts created by them" There were questions raised as to the impact this had as projects because core on other projects, and I was #actioned to start an email conversation on the topic. To me, the singularity clause is troubling because it implies that once a project reaches core, nobody can compete with things that are within its scope, effectively innovation is shut off. In my mind, part of being a truly open source project is being an open innovation regime, and that implies that we do not anoint 'the one true winner' in a particular area, but allow that to emerge based up quality of the work a project produces and its adoption. In the presence of the Singularity clause, core promotions feel to much like picking winners-for-all-time via a political process, rather than allowing winners to emerge via technical merit. So I would propose that the TSC petition the board to strike the Singularity Clause from the TSC policy. I am curious to hear the thoughts of others on the subject. Ed
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