Reply to post: Re: Open Source v Open Projects

Fed up with cloud giants ripping off its database, MongoDB forks new 'open-source license'

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

Re: Open Source v Open Projects

> A project is not truly open source unless it is owned and run by a neutral, third party foundation tasked solely with technical governance and stewardship.

You've obviously drunk the kool-aid of some such organisation.

One problem with such organisations is that over time, they tend to become corrupt, political, and then ineffective (potential examples, the ASF, and the Linux Foundation).

Projects "Owned" by such an org can't then escape without forking, further damaging their communities.

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