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TWiki.net Kicks Out All TWiki Contributors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-does-that-mean dept.

David Gerard noted an interesting story going down with a relatively minor project that has interesting implications for any Open Source project. He writes "Ten years ago, Peter Thoeny started the TWiki wiki engine. It attracted many contributors at twiki.org. About a year ago, Thoeny founded the startup twiki.net. On 27th October, twiki.net locked all the other contributors out of twiki.org in an event Thoeny called 'the twiki.org relaunch.' Here's the IRC meeting log. All the other core developers have now moved to a new project, NextWiki. Is it a sensible move for a venture capital firm that depends on a healthy Open Source community to lock it out?"

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  1. Server logs reveal real reason for lockout by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    bidi-bidi-bidi bidi-bidi-bidi bidi-bidi-bidi...

    1. Re:Server logs reveal real reason for lockout by JustOK · · Score: 2, Funny

      how the buck rogers is this off topic?

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  2. You make a good point... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    but on the other hand, yes.

    1. Re:You make a good point... by eugene_roux · · Score: 3, Funny

      ...PHP experience is of curse...

      Yep.

      Sounds about right to me...

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  3. Re:Personal crap. by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    so she's available?

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  4. Re:ow by AndrewNeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry but that AC right above you asked for it first!

  5. Re:Twiki blows by Omnifarious · · Score: 3, Funny

    It looks like then that they're well on their way to becoming a respected piece of enterprise software.

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  6. Re:Twiki blows by PeterBrett · · Score: 2, Funny

    True, but you should also be able to run a popular web application on something less hardened than an OpenBSD server configured by a paranoid schizophrenic.

    ...but you repeat yourself!

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