IGignoramous·Jan 5, 2021Submission
Send pull requests about what open source means to you
2 points · Open discussionnickdesaulniers
What-Open-Source-Means-To-Me
OPEN SOURCE2014–2021
nickdesaulniers / What-Open-Source-Means-To-Me
What-Open-Source-Means-To-Me
An experiment to see if we can get a bunch of people to send pull requests about what open source means to them
3Distinct people
5Mentions
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210GitHub stars
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An experiment to see if we can get a bunch of people to send pull requests about what open source means to them
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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5 sourcesI think both stances have merit. Anyways, here's a plug for a meta-project; an open source definition of open source; https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/What-Open-Source-Means-To... kind of surprised no one has split hairs over free vs open source, yet.
In Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free SoftwareI agree that "FirefoxOS will host Safari / Chrome apps, before iOS will allow a Firefox." doesn't lead to "Open FTW." I think Open still wins, for other reasons I've been trying to document. [0] Firefox OS is still young, and if it can establish meaningful marketshare, it puts Mozilla in position to change the industry.
For example, what if Mozilla had leverage over device manufacturers to say "no locked bootloaders" and device manufacturers complied? I'm not sure Mozilla has that leverage today, but what other ways could Mozilla affect the industry for good once it does?
[0] https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/What-Open-Source-Means-To...
In Webkit.jsIt's great to see M$ embracing open source. If you think Open Source is important, let me know! https://github.com/nickdesaulniers/What-Open-Source-Means-To...
In Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler