RMS is not the be-all, end-all of opinions on free software matters. Just for the record :)
Anyway, majority of free or open source software projects are exactly what is said above Mir will end up being: driven by a small (most commonly one or two people large) group of core people. When they lose interest, project usually rots until someone shows up with enough energy to pick it up from there.
This sometimes holds true for popular (not necessarily successful, these are different things), depending on the welcoming attitude towards external contributions of that core group.
Also, let's not forget that FSF requires copyright assignment for any project under the GNU umbrella (with GNOME being a notable exception).
The one thing I hope Mir will bring, and why I applaud it, is ability to easily install a free-er operating system on a big number of existing systems (phones, tablets) that would otherwise remain locked in. Remember how Linux fared on PCs in the early days? I remember buying hardware modems in late 90s to make sure that I can put GNU/Linux on it and use it daily.
Re: CLA will probably doom Mir
Anyway, majority of free or open source software projects are exactly what is said above Mir will end up being: driven by a small (most commonly one or two people large) group of core people. When they lose interest, project usually rots until someone shows up with enough energy to pick it up from there.
This sometimes holds true for popular (not necessarily successful, these are different things), depending on the welcoming attitude towards external contributions of that core group.
Also, let's not forget that FSF requires copyright assignment for any project under the GNU umbrella (with GNOME being a notable exception).
The one thing I hope Mir will bring, and why I applaud it, is ability to easily install a free-er operating system on a big number of existing systems (phones, tablets) that would otherwise remain locked in. Remember how Linux fared on PCs in the early days? I remember buying hardware modems in late 90s to make sure that I can put GNU/Linux on it and use it daily.
- Danilo