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>You can simply ignore them.

You say this now but between 2013 - around 2023, The definition of Open source is that if you dont engage with the community and dont accept PRs it is not open source. And people will start bad mouth the project around the internet.

Working on a project is hard enough as it is.

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Linux doesn't take PRs on github, and sqlite doesn't take patches. Open Source isn't a community model, only a license model.

>Open Source isn't a community model, only a license model.

Again, not between 2015 - ~2023. And after what happened I dont blame people who dont want to do it.

So your position is that Linux no longer counts as open source?

Linux started before 2013? So did SQLite? And both are not even comparable as they were the dominant force already and not a new started project.

And in case you somehow thinks I am against you. I am merely pointing out what happened between 2013 - 2023. I believe you were also one of the only few on HN who fought against it.

> if you dont engage with the community and dont accept PRs it is not open source

You'd be really hard pressed to find somebody who doesn't consider SQLite to be open source.

That was never the definition of open source. That may have been how people were using it, but they were in error if so.

Well except no one pushed against it at the time. Worth remember that.

Open source softwares with closed development model have existed for a very long time so that should have been considered no matter it was considered as open source or not. (And I think it was around 2000s, not 2010s, when such misconception was more widespread.)

I dont deny what you said. I am merely pointing out this isn't a popular modem or opinion between that time line.

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