On Trust and How Communities Are Organised
Graham Attwell,
Pontydysgu,
Dec 18, 2007
Graham Attwell puts it mildly: "The debate over the closure of eduspaces continues apace... there is growing disquiet over the way on which the closure has been handled." And I think this is reflective of the tension that always existen in Elgg. Curverider - the company that makes Elgg - always had the attitude that they were giving free stuff to the community. The community, in turn, always felt that the free stuff was a community accomplishment. The closure sends an unambiguous message: that this was Curverider's, to give or to take away, all along. That is not the picture most people have of open source communities. I have always thought that for Curverider to be successful it needed to embrace its community. Related: Dude, where's my data?
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