[DRBD-user] Quick heads-up in case you see us disappearing from the list (was Re: Switch from MD to DRBD)

Felix Frank ff at mpexnet.de
Wed Mar 21 09:59:55 CET 2012

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


Hi again,

On 03/20/2012 09:50 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> If that's their attitude, how long is it going to be before they go
> closed source?  Have to say, it gives me pause about the future of DRBD
> as an open source product if Linbit is going to shut down folks who
> support their product - particularly someone who's supported the product
> and community as much as you have.

let's please not go overboard.

Bear in mind that besides developing an outstanding and absolutely free
open source product, Linbit need to pay their bills, for which their own
consulting and training services are a very important corner stone (or
so I would believe).

That being said, I'd consider it very smart to be supportive to (at
least certain kinds of) competition that actually works towards
farthering the total use (globally speaking) of the underlying free product.

I cannot claim to be extremely versed where open source communities are
concerned, but in the nicer communities I've known, it was an accepted
fact and (from what I could tell) greatly appreciated feat (mutually)
that besides the "vendor" (i.e. the corporate entity paying most of the
core developers) there are other players that successfully built a
business around the software and engage in both enriching the community
by participating in fora such as the mailing list, as well as
contributing to the product in form of patches, new developments etc.
(No, this should really have been more than one sentence. Sorry for the
inconvenience;-)

Again: I am not in support of Miles' harsh critique, but my common sense
reels at the prospect of the blacklisting issue.

Sincerely,

Felix



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