▲ 2015 ▼ Happy #GlobalSwitchDay (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 2 years ago by squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 489 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) That means very little to me. Actions speak louder than words, and it would probably help the development of loops if it was actually open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MrRazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Made by the same dev as Pixelfed, which did a similar thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Which I think dansup should deserve our trust on this for quite a long time for doing. It isn't empty promises if they already made Pixelfed and opensourced it. Like.. I suppose it could be a grift, anything could but I see no reason to question their goals or motives. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago For a lot of FLOSS projects, it's common to keep the initial team small, so a product can be delivered fast, and gets opened up later. It's to solve the "too many cooks" and prevent bikeshedding. A lot of corpo espionage is there solely to tank potential competitors, which include FLOSS projects. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrRazamataz@lemmy.razbot.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Made by the same dev as Pixelfed, which did a similar thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Which I think dansup should deserve our trust on this for quite a long time for doing. It isn't empty promises if they already made Pixelfed and opensourced it. Like.. I suppose it could be a grift, anything could but I see no reason to question their goals or motives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago Which I think dansup should deserve our trust on this for quite a long time for doing. It isn't empty promises if they already made Pixelfed and opensourced it. Like.. I suppose it could be a grift, anything could but I see no reason to question their goals or motives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 1 point 2 years ago For a lot of FLOSS projects, it's common to keep the initial team small, so a product can be delivered fast, and gets opened up later. It's to solve the "too many cooks" and prevent bikeshedding. A lot of corpo espionage is there solely to tank potential competitors, which include FLOSS projects. permalink fedilink source parent
