Hi Pedro, I just happen to agree with you in this issue.
But, out of all the possible new custodians of JavaFX, I have to say that I am always in awe of what Johan and Gluon have already contributed and accomplished. So how do we ensue that OpenJFX is truly “open”? I agree that even though Gluon are doing a fantastic job, JavaFX should not be a “Gluon product”. I think it’s a great move for Oracle to basically relinquish control of JavaFX - but to whom? I’m not familiar enough with FOSS projects to offer any sage advice but I totally agree that a “community” project has to be as open to everyone as possible and no person or entity should have a commercial advantage over others. So, basically I like your question, I don’t believe the current scenario is satisfactory but unfortunately I confess I can’t offer any suggestions of better scenarios. Graciously, John-Val Rose > On 1 Sep 2018, at 22:00, Pedro Duque Vieira <pedro.duquevie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > For JavaFX to start being, truly, a community project it is important that > it is perceived as a real community effort. Right now it's starting to look > more like it's changing hands, from being an Oracle project to being a > Gluon project. > > I don't have anything against Gluon, I'd say the same if for instance, > instead of Gluon it was JPro or Karakun, or whatever... > > Hosting the JavaFX docs, builds, installations, etc on a company owned site > or a company endorsed site sounds like a really bad idea. Which is what's > happening right now. If it's to be a community project it should be owned > by the community as a whole. As well as being perceived to be owned by the > community as a whole. > > Being a one company project will deter the contributions of other players > in the JavaFX space. Other players that also offer consultancy services, > and JavaFX products will have a big disadvantage towards the company > hosting the JavaFX assets and downloads. At the very minimum think about > the huge advantage this company will have in publicity when compared to the > others. > > A community project is a project where various players join efforts to > mutually benefit each other. As soon as this starts being a project that's > benefiting one particular company more than the others it ceases to be a > community project. > > I don't think that anyone would like to join in on the efforts in this > scenario. > > Thanks, > > > > -- > Pedro Duque Vieira - https://www.pixelduke.com
