On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:40 PM, David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com> wrote:
2008/10/29 KwangErn Liew <ke.liew@gmail.com>:

> Just to inform about the recent events on how dictatorship in a FOSS project
> can lead to a complete fork by all developers.
> The subject is TWiki and the articles covering this event are below...


Much worse than the XFree86->Xorg case (core disinterest and
paralysis) or Compiere/Adempiere case (company ineptitude) - this is
active hostility.

Added to Slashdot firehose -
http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=1339655 - please click up.


Thanks! Those who are on the fork-camp picked it up earlier. :)

Two more others...

http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=1339353
http://digg.com/software/Hostile_takeover_of_Open_Source_Project_TWiki

We sincerely hope this project will gain the support it requires for the benefit of such a beneficial project. Thanks!


KwangErn