Hi, > > I see a high probability of conflict between the OOS community and Xara. > > Specifically, they are "managing" the the introduction of their code and > > limiting the number of developers. This is not how OSS works...
Actually, it can be. I remember one application which came from the dark side which was released to 4 developers for about 2 months with them charged to get the code up to scratch for the OSS community. Also, as soon as the code is released onto their website, everyone can have it. > > I detect the presence of flying monkeys dressed as salesmen and > > lawyers... Possibly. I can't say. I can say that I was blown away by the demo videos on their website! > As another example, not just anyone can have write access to the main > scribus CVS can they? Correct. Patches can be submitted, applied and checked in by those not authorised to write to the server. I see no difference between this method and that proposed by Xara. TTFN Paul -- "Logic, my dear Zoe, is merely the ability to be wrong with authority" - Dr Who
