Ichthyostega
2014-04-08 04:28:54 UTC
Hello all,
in the last weeks we could watch some drama here on the mailing list, related
to the expiry and takeover of the Cinelerra.org domain, the announcements of
Michael Collins and the move to a new domain Cinelerra-cv.org.
Several participants referred to a "Controversy" -- talking here as a long
standing member of this community, I can't see any such kind of controversy, and
I'd like to elaborate why. It might well be that what we witnessed
could be understood as a clash of cultures -- and thus it's good advice
to step down the emotional part and stick to what we know.
Without any doubt, there is a Cinelerra community. This community wasn't
founded, but it grew, around a source code repository (initially CVS),
a bug tracker, a collaboratively edited online manual, and a loosely
associated flock of developers keeping all these things together.
And there is Adam Williams, from what is known, the original author of the
Cinelerra code base. In all the years since 2005, he never showed any interest
in the concerns of the community and was rarely, if ever seen on the mailing
list.
in the last weeks we could watch some drama here on the mailing list, related
to the expiry and takeover of the Cinelerra.org domain, the announcements of
Michael Collins and the move to a new domain Cinelerra-cv.org.
Several participants referred to a "Controversy" -- talking here as a long
standing member of this community, I can't see any such kind of controversy, and
I'd like to elaborate why. It might well be that what we witnessed
could be understood as a clash of cultures -- and thus it's good advice
to step down the emotional part and stick to what we know.
Without any doubt, there is a Cinelerra community. This community wasn't
founded, but it grew, around a source code repository (initially CVS),
a bug tracker, a collaboratively edited online manual, and a loosely
associated flock of developers keeping all these things together.
And there is Adam Williams, from what is known, the original author of the
Cinelerra code base. In all the years since 2005, he never showed any interest
in the concerns of the community and was rarely, if ever seen on the mailing
list.