IP-WARS.NET || Control VS Noncontrol

Control VS Noncontrol

By br3n, Section Diary
Posted on Thu Feb 17th, 2005 at 16:04:52 EST

http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/1539242&from=rss
The paradox of free/open source project management
By: Joe Barr

Leaders from three separate but related -- and incredibly successful -- free/open source projects agree: If you want the project to move to the next level, let go and let the community take over. We asked Larry Wall, creator of Perl; Brian Behlendorf, the Apache Project leader; and Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, for their thoughts on why this happens and how they and their projects have fared as a result.

was very interesting that this story came up.
with all the talking about modding down posts/censorship or what ever term someone has labeled it,i found it telling that it seems the larger group makes the guidelines if the project is sucessful.
i believe that is what we have tried to accomplish here at IP-W.
i was told today that majority rule = mob rule but if you look at one person rule that is dictatorship.
repression will not allow free flow of ideas and the project will eventually fail.
it takes many varied ideas to grow and expand.

Linus says "Some other projects had to almost fail -- or fork -- before the control got wrested from a too-controlling entity. It's a very fine balance to walk, I think: you need to still _care_ deeply, but you can't believe you know best, and there's a lot of trust needed when you decide that somebody else really is fit to make your decisions for you."

Joe Barr ends with these very apt words "Don't expect Linus to be going away. I've got a feeling he is in it for the long run, albeit more focused and better supported than ever before. If you're planning on creating a hugely successful free/open source project of your own, include a plan for letting go when the time is right. If you don't, it'll never get bigger than you are."

< Hidden Post FAQ. (174 comments) | BGEs HateThe Truth... (310 comments) >

Control VS Noncontrol | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial, 4 hidden)

Re: Control VS Noncontrol (3.44 / 9) (#2)
by cmcnabb on Thu Feb 17th, 2005 at 19:32:19 EST
(User Info)

I was the one that told Br3n that majority rule is mob rule. I stand by that. In all cases where majority rule is absolute,the minority opinion will be repressed. It is never intentional to begin with, but it does happen. It will happen.

The writers of the Federalist Papers warned repeatedly of the tyranny of the Majority. This is why the US has a representative government instead of an absolute democracy.

A dictatorship is a bad thing, that is for sure, but absolute majority rule is even worse.

Re: Control VS Noncontrol by mikey, 02/17/2005 19:39:07 EST (3.75 / 8)

Re: Control VS Noncontrol by cmcnabb, 02/17/2005 20:01:49 EST (3.85 / 7)

Re: Control VS Noncontrol by mojotoad, 02/18/2005 13:17:26 EST (3.66 / 9)
Re: Control VS Noncontrol by Potential Recruit, 02/17/2005 19:52:25 EST (3.57 / 7)

Re: Control VS Noncontrol by codswallet, 02/17/2005 20:59:59 EST (4.55 / 9)

Re: Control VS Noncontrol by mikey, 02/17/2005 22:42:27 EST (3.50 / 4)

Re: Control VS Noncontrol (3.00 / 3) (#1)
by Potential Recruit on Thu Feb 17th, 2005 at 19:29:38 EST

The writers of the Federalist Papers warned repeatedly of the tyranny of the Majority. This is why the US has a representative government instead of an absolute democracy.

A dictatorship is a bad thing, that is for sure, but absolute majority rule is even worse.

Bye bye spambot (1.00 / 2) (#12)
by Potential Recruit on Mon Nov 27th, 2006 at 14:32:10 EST

This used to be a spambot post that is flooding the site. Due to volume, I had to resort to this while I work to block access by these bots. My apologies - thanks for your patience.

Jeff

Bye bye spambot (none / 0) (#14)
by Potential Recruit on Tue Nov 28th, 2006 at 13:13:16 EST

This used to be a spambot post that is flooding the site. Due to volume, I had to resort to this while I work to block access by these bots. My apologies - thanks for your patience.

Jeff

Control VS Noncontrol | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial, 4 hidden)

Recent Diaries

SCO has a Potential and Credible BILLION Dollar Liability
by ColonelZen - March 15

The Chinese Room Revisited, Thoughts on Consciousness
by ColonelZen - November 24
1 comment

Advocacy
by br3n - October 29
3 comments

An IPOWER ful experience
by ColonelZen - September 25
6 comments

Learning C#
by ColonelZen - September 23
1 comment

Getting ruby DBI for Mysql and Postgresql working on FC 6
by ColonelZen - March 7

Declaration of Linus Torvalds
by nedu - February 13
1 comment

Declaration of M. Douglas McIlroy
by nedu - February 12
6 comments

Declaration of Ulrich Drepper
by nedu - February 11
1 comment

Declaration of K. Y. Srinivasan
by nedu - February 11

More Diaries...