Re: Re: The How and the Why of this group as I remember it.
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:39:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: The How and the Why of this group as I remember it. | ||
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Nate Abele wrote:
> Finally, to Rasmus' point, yes, PHP is and always will be an Open Source
> project, and that carries a lot of meaning with it on how things should
> be run. However, I'd like to point out a subtle but important
> difference: this is a project of ideas, not code. Suggesting that we
> should consider the ideas of anyone who stumbles across this list is
> tantamount to suggesting that PHP internals should be open for anonymous
> CVS access (http://nerderati.com/open-source-is-not-a-democracy).
That is an odd way of looking at it. The output of this group is a
standards document which is very similar to code. Restricting who can
write the final text/code makes sense. Restricting who can provide
input and ideas to what the text/code should accomplish does not.
-Rasmus