[X2go-dev] source code repository

[Mike Gabriel]

On Do 15 Jul 2010 22:48:32 CEST Joerg Sawatzki wrote:

> Hey,
>
> even though I don't think anybody is violating the terms of the GPL, I'd
> say X2go is not a true open source project. What you are doing is more
> like commercial vendors develop software: A few guys develop a product,
> while the community has no insight at all and from time to time you
> publish a release and as a free bonus you give a way the sources as
> well.
> You could also publish it under some commercial license - it wouldn't
> matter. It is nice that you use the GPL, that makes it LEGALLY possible
> to contribute to your product, but technically it is impossible. The
> community has no effective way to actively take part in the development.
> Are there any reasons why you don't want others to contribute with their
> ideas, bug fixes etc.?
> There are dozens of people outside who want to help you, you are short
> on time, but somehow it seems you don't want help.
>
> Making a source code repository public is less than 2 minutes work....
> If you are not already under version control, you should take 5 minutes
> and you will never regret it, because it will save you hours later.
> Give me a shout if you need help with this.
>
> After all, it is of course your very own decision, but from my own open
> source experience I can only recommend you to do it as soon as possible.
> Development depends on TWO people - the number of users, bug reports,
> feature requests will exponentially grow - and the amount of work will
> grow. Your resources are static - this means, it will take a lot longer
> until a new feature is implemented or a bug is fixed. As people are
> impatient, they will start to help themselves, make a fork "X2go Next
> Generation" and it will be out of your control. So, be smart, honor the
> community's effort, use it, coordinate, decide about what code to accept
> and what to refuse, what features to integrate into the core project,
> publically represent the project and control it's direction.
>
> These are my personal thoughts on this - I wish you that you will find a
> wise and satisfying way how to go on.
>
> Thanks a lot for the excellent work you have already done!
>
> Jörg

Jörg, thanks for pointing this out. I fully agree with your statement.

Best,
Mike

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