Hacker NewsOpen Source Does Not Imply Open Community
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Open Source Does Not Imply Open Community
Open source software has existed long before the invention of the (D)VCS. The author likely hosted a barebones HTML webpage or a txt file describing the project. There definitely was an FTP server somewhere with tarballs. The author may have been reachable by email. If you were really lucky …