* DJ Delorie <d...@delorie.com> [2020-02-19 21:01]: > > "Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss)" <936-846-2...@kylheku.com> writes: > > On 2020-02-17 12:37, Andy Wingo wrote: > >> Thought experiment: what would GNU be if all of its packages stopped > >> developing? Dead, right? > > > > The immediate effect would become more of a stable base for the vast > > amount of material that depends on it. > > For about a month or so, until the next bug, security problem, or > missing feature were reported... then people would switch to whatever > software was responsive to these problems. If GNU doesn't respond, > someone will eventually fork the software (because they can :) and GNU > would lose users.
When people continue developing free software it is a win, not loss. Four freedoms are explicitly giving that permission to fork and modify and distribute it. It is win, not a loss. -- Thanks, Jean Louis
