Does it really have to be the open source that drives the community contributions, and thus defines at least this measure of the success of the project?
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mattflaschen
17 years 6 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago
"Open source actually does not
"Open source actually does not matter at all when it comes to harnessing community contributions. Open source actually does not matter at all when it comes to harnessing community contributions. It’s not the open source, it’s the open APIs!" That's foolish. With only open APIs, the vendor is still in absolute control. Even if it is technically possible to add all desired functionality via APIs without performance degradation (very unlikely), the vendor is still in charge and can break the API or stop supporting the software anytime. And open APIs do nothing to ensure the software can be shared and improved.