I replaced “Terraform” with “XFree86” and “OpenTF” with “X.org” as I read it, and the arguments sounded so familiar.
“If they fork XF86, users won’t know which product to install. They’ll drift apart and ruin the whole market!” Or maybe everyone will (once again) adopt the truly open version that the majority of contributors switch to.
Either way, I’m not too worried about it. Forks of open source projects happen all the time for a thousand reasons. That certainly beats closed stagnation!
“If they fork XF86, users won’t know which product to install. They’ll drift apart and ruin the whole market!” Or maybe everyone will (once again) adopt the truly open version that the majority of contributors switch to.
Either way, I’m not too worried about it. Forks of open source projects happen all the time for a thousand reasons. That certainly beats closed stagnation!