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[news.eclipse.technology.lepido] Re: M2

Stephane wrote:
Ok I will wait for anyware descision then....

I hope they will not kill lepido...

Me too, but the only way to keep it alive is for people like me and you to contribute. That is how Open Source works.


I don't understand how a such company can take a such descision (making an eclipse subproject) without knowing if they have resources to assume this project...Do they have any strategy? any plannification?...

I think that is very unfair.

A company found they had a code base interally that could be of use externally. They offered to release it under an open source license. They solicited interest from external parties (of which I am only one) and duly released the code.

In no part of this process is there a commitment from *any* individual or company to continue to develop the project. Of course, there is an intention to do so, but there is no commitment. This is real life, and things change. (as they have for me and for most/all of the originally named "interested parties")

This should'nt be a good point for anyware reputation (and as far as I understand they intitiate lepido precisly for their reputation on cocoon technologies...: They will have exactly the contrary if they kill lepido!!! (cocoon community forums will handle communicating this terrible mistake! me the first!!!)

Anyware will not kill the project - they have released it as Open Source so that it may survive beyond their own interest in the project. Lepido will die if those with interest in the project fail to pick up from where Anyware have left off, which is many steps closer to having a fully functional client tool than before they made the donation.


Please, lets give Anyware Tech the credit they deserve.

[NOTE I have no affiliation with Anyware Tech]

Currently my company would like to become an GMT contributor but If we develop we may examine contributing to lepido...

OK, so lets see your company adding some resources to the project. Maybe one day I can post something about you guys saying how invaluable your contributions are alongside those of the original code donation.


Ross