From 20a2b5a243b5e04f8d18963fd8f62e29a1f8cff1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Melody Horn Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:50:13 -0600 Subject: salvage two percent of my chosts --- _posts/2022-10-30-taxonomy-of-open-source.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2022-10-30-taxonomy-of-open-source.md (limited to '_posts/2022-10-30-taxonomy-of-open-source.md') diff --git a/_posts/2022-10-30-taxonomy-of-open-source.md b/_posts/2022-10-30-taxonomy-of-open-source.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cfe2a4e --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2022-10-30-taxonomy-of-open-source.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: some axes for a taxonomy of open source +description: a list +--- + +- maintenance effort and expectations: professionally maintained / casually maintained / not maintained +- source of priorities: owner-driven / community-driven +- desire for input: PRs welcome / issues welcome / view-only +- license standards: bare minimum / give code back / don't be evil / be specifically good +- how bills get paid: not users' problem / crowdfunding / selling support / we productized the hosting so if you also productize the hosting you're being a dick + +
+for example + +- React is professionally maintained, owner-driven, PRs welcome, bare minimum, not users' problem +- MongoDB is the same but give code back and we productized the hosting +- SQLite is professionally maintained, owner-driven, issues welcome, bare minimum, selling support +- anything that runs on github sponsors or patreon is crowdfunding +- the Hippocratic License or some of the others are don't be evil +- ACSL counts as be specifically good +- anti-licenses are the secret fifth tier of license standards, Good Fucking Luck +- some projects are actually community-driven but I can't think of one off the top of my head +- most of my side projects are not maintained, owner-driven, view-only, Good Fucking Luck, and crowdfunding at the time they were written but currently not your problem. + +
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