Written in 2024, and I don't know why folks are still surprised.
Some folks will always see technology merely as tools, choosing to ignore the political side.
Some BDLs have always been the way they are. It's the nature of any project, FOSS or not.
https://www.onepict.com/20240512-elephant.html
But the size of a project, it's participants and how large it's userbase is very much determines if you can fork a thing.
Too big to fork, sounds like too big to fail.
Our ecosystem is stuck.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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