Comment on Vagrant core no longer tied to VirtualBoxparentComments−Uchikoma14y"Besides if the author feels that he can maintain his codebase this way then I don't see any problem in it."Exactly.−manojlds14yIf that is the only factor, it might have as well been closed source.−tedunangst14yThat doesn't follow at all. You can still fix bugs in open source programs, even if you disapprove of the coding conventions. It's only equivalent to closed source if you're irrationally attached to a particular style.
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"Besides if the author feels that he can maintain his codebase this way then I don't see any problem in it."
Exactly.
If that is the only factor, it might have as well been closed source.
That doesn't follow at all. You can still fix bugs in open source programs, even if you disapprove of the coding conventions. It's only equivalent to closed source if you're irrationally attached to a particular style.