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Definitely not. That's why I said it I think it's great that this stuff is brought to the surface. I can see how what I wrote isn't entirely clear though. What
by kdbuck 10y ago
Definitely not. That's why I said it I think it's great that this stuff is brought to the surface. I can see how what I wrote isn't entirely clear though. What I am trying to say is that it would be nice if the message also aimed at encouraging contribution to open source software as well. It seems healthier to OSS as a whole to encourage improvement rather than abandonment.
- StavrosK 10y agoOh, yes, I agree with you. My sibling comment seems to suggest that Magento isn't actually OSS, so maybe that's the reason?
- kdbuck 10y agoIt definitely is open source insofar as it being a public repository that accepts contributions. However, the disclaimer at the top of the repo does seem to suggest that free offerings might be scooped up and put to other uses... I can see where the degree of "open sourceness" might be questioned in a case like this. I will re-iterate that I am willing to accept that there might be other politics at play here.
- StavrosK 10y agoOpen source has a specific definition, though. I think what Magento does is called "source available" or similar.
- aioprisan 10y agoThere is simply no way that realistically a third party contributor will rewrite a core part of a platform product for a company that generally does not accept such work, and has an enterprise version of the software that really gets all the goodies instead, which is where their focus is.