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The fun fact about open source software, is that this is software in which it is not required to have a business model built in. This means that suddenly completely different design choices are possible.

Forking an open source project is not a weakness, it is a strength: If the original version of some tool is wide-spread, then people know that version and will keep using it. If, however, it turns out to have some flaws that the original development team does not fix, then it is possible for people to move to their own variant.

If it is at all possible to reconcile, developers will by using Pull Requests. And if it is not, then it is great to create two versions, where each version is better suited for some particular requirients.

> IS THERE A WAY TO KEEP SUCH IMPORTANT SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE (to be able to vet it) WHILE STILL PROVIDING MEANINGFUL FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO DEVELOPERS?

Yes, there is. Companies like GitLab and Piwik do so with great success :-).



By the way, it is also possible to open-source paid software, and open-source software in such a way that you are the only party that is allowed to make money from it. Don't think that all projects have to go 'all the way' to FOSS (Free and open source).

~Wiebe-Marten


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