a sad state of affairs, but for many areas, open source is dead both because it is technically obsolete, but also because it is full of jerks who drive off the productive members. this was true for an open source project i worked on in 2002 and it is still true today:

The author found that the project he was involved in, PostNuke, had many demanding consumers, and few producers. The consumers felt entitled to the fruits of the producers’ labor without contributing themselves, and were very vocal about their wishes.

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