[openstack-dev] [tc] campaign question related to new projects

Jeremy Stanley fungi at yuggoth.org
Mon Apr 23 17:02:07 UTC 2018


On 2018-04-23 12:02:14 -0400 (-0400), Zane Bitter wrote:
[...]
> The main thing I will be looking out for in those cases is that
> the project followed the Four Opens *from the beginning*. Projects
> that start from a code dump are much less likely to attract other
> contributors in my view. Open Source is not a verb.
[...]

Not to add more noise, but I wanted to mention that I _really_ like
this point in particular. We've definitely seen plenty of
applications for inclusion which started out as an
internally-developed tool behind closed doors somewhere. When they
get "flung over the wall" to the community they tend to flounder in
their attempts to gain traction as properly open projects in their
own right. I don't think we do a good enough job at highlighting
this risk (yet), and will remember to point it out more often when I
spot it in the future. Thanks!
-- 
Jeremy Stanley
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