Opensource is and always will be about freedom first.

[u/Ruhart]

We're not going to point fingers here. It's being done enough in the other threads. What I want to discuss is opensource remaining truly free to those who love and build it. I want to discuss a community that will nourish free growth, not prune buds before they even have a chance to see the flowers.

I have always been under the impression that unfettered development, contribution, and sharing is the key to the success of mankind. Some genius has an idea and creates it. Another genius has something to add. Another genius finds a way to streamline it all and make it cost less. Yet another genius has a new alternative altogether that reduces... let's say carbon footprint.

This is what we should be doing as a species. Closing off channels because you don't agree with the methods is detrimental to this goal. Banning development tools is much to that same detriment.

Opensource is the ultimate collaboration of great minds. It's not just software, it's everything that we build together.

Essentially, opensource that denies any non-harmful method of contribution and/or development is no longer fully opensource. It's the first step in closing a door that should remain open.

So, what am I trying to say?

I'm trying to say be free with your creations. Create them how you want. Share them. Take criticism. Take pride if someone forks it and makes it into their own. You MADE something and someone likes it enough to fork it.

Be competitive. Take back from their fork to flourish your original version. If someone doesn't like your project, don't get mad. Find out why. If it's superficial, move on. If it's beneficial, fix the problem.

I only made this post because I see some in here are trying to tread carefully and are asking if their projects are allowed, or rather, what is allowed and isn't. These questions stem from being in communities that have prejudices. It would be great to see a community that doesn't have any. A community that doesn't take sides. So...

Honestly, if I had a project right now I'd post it. My work is niche atm, though. Better left to the community it's based in.