On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > The two BDFLs have been very successful in attracting and keeping > developers - at the same time are very strict about enforcing the basic > principles - like the amount of code to be allowed in a template or the > utmost attempts to avoid backward incompatibility - although not at the > expense of crippling development. They have also started a foundation to > run the show. This is the BSD style of development - but apparently the > GPL guys do things differently - can you enlighten us how and in what > way their nature of development is different? >
You are describing governance. I wasn't referring to that. GPL'ed and BSD codebases might have very similar governance structures and the nature of the license doesn't necessarily affect that. By nature of development, I meant, the motivations of the developers who participate tends to be different. One of the best explanations on how they differ is http://webmink.com/essays/causality/ Rahul _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
