Re: Press inquiry from WIRED: What happens to open source projects when their maintainers pass away?
[email protected] (Neil Bowers) Wed, 1 Nov 2017 23:02:55 +0000
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--Apple-Mail=_C046738D-5CB2-47EF-990F-5E3B01EEF59A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > From: Klint Finley <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 10:07 PM > Subject: Press inquiry from WIRED: What happens to open source = projects when their maintainers pass away? > To:=20 >=20 >=20 > Hi, I'm a reporter for Wired.com and I'm working on a story about the > afterlife of open source projects after their maintainers pass away. >=20 > In many cases, open source projects are owned by foundations that can > handle a transition. [=E2=80=A6] I just spent about 45 minutes on the phone with Klint, talking through = CPAN, PAUSE, and how we handle situations where the original author / = current maintainer is no longer responsive, or has retired, or passed = away. Most of the questions he asked are explicitly addressed in the = PAUSE Operating Model, so the timing was good :-) Neil --Apple-Mail=_C046738D-5CB2-47EF-990F-5E3B01EEF59A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote">From: Klint Finley = <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>><br class=3D"">Date: Tue, Oct = 17, 2017 at 10:07 PM<br class=3D"">Subject: Press inquiry from = WIRED: What happens to open source projects when their maintainers pass = away?<br class=3D"">To: <br class=3D""><br class=3D""><br class=3D""> Hi, I'm a reporter for <a href=3D"http://Wired.com" = class=3D"">Wired.com</a> and I'm working on a story about the<br = class=3D""> afterlife of open source projects after their maintainers pass away.<br = class=3D""> <br class=3D""> In many cases, open source projects are owned by foundations that can<br = class=3D""> handle a transition. [=E2=80=A6]</div></div></div></blockquote><br = class=3D""></div><div>I just spent about 45 minutes on the phone with = Klint, talking through CPAN, PAUSE, and how we handle situations where = the original author / current maintainer is no longer responsive, or has = retired, or passed away. Most of the questions he asked are explicitly = addressed in the PAUSE Operating Model, so the timing was good = :-)</div><div><br class=3D""></div><div>Neil</div><div><br = class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_C046738D-5CB2-47EF-990F-5E3B01EEF59A--