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+- How to kill an OpenSource project with new funding on Thursday October 02 2008, @05:56PM mir42
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mir42 writes "The OpenSource multimedia authorware project Sophie, formely hosted by USC Los Angeles, may just have been killed by new funding. The original funding organization Mellon Foundation approved a grant to redevelop the four year project from scratch in Java. The grant was awarded to a Bulgarian company based on their proposal which is simply an exact description, including the UI and the artwork, of the current Sophie. Being an OpenSource project this isn't strictly illegal, but let's say, not nice and definitely not innovative, coming from a former sub-sub contractor on the project.
Some of the original, now laid off, developers started OpenSophie.org trying to salvage the project. As the current version is still somewhat buggy and slow, it might just be enough to alienate all potential users of Sophie to the point that nobody will even try to use the next version.
What do Slashdotters think and how would they deal with a situation like this?"
Some of the original, now laid off, developers started OpenSophie.org trying to salvage the project. As the current version is still somewhat buggy and slow, it might just be enough to alienate all potential users of Sophie to the point that nobody will even try to use the next version.
What do Slashdotters think and how would they deal with a situation like this?"
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