Question / Help SLOBS Fork Politics

CaptaPraelium

CaptaPraelium

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As an open source developer myself, I'm generally of the opinion that forks should be avoided. The reasons why this is so, are well documented.

I have concerns about SLOBS. Because they make it easy for a specific but popular use-case (windows game streamers who want to make money/be popular on twitch), I'm seeing its use become very common. However, I feel that its windows-only support and it's failure to contribute features to the main project are detrimental to OBS.

Accordingly, I feel like I should be discouraging its adoption, but I do wonder if perhaps there is some reason why the fork may have been considered preferable.

Was this fork an amicable thing between the OBS and streamlabs devs, or is it more unpleasant?

I'd like to know where I should stand on this, and my opinion on the matter will largely be determined by how the original OBS devs feel about it.

Enlighten me, if you would be so kind.
 
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Lain

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Lain
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I did not know about the fork until it was finished. There were no contracts or deals made. I would rather people be working together, but companies are going to do what they feel is most beneficial to help their business. I mean an entire industry has generated around alerts, donations, and statistics; there's a whole lot of users, a huge amount of viewers, and a whole load of data, all with a lot of money to spend on one another. So naturally business follows. It admittedly is very stressful to deal with at times as an independent open source author, especially when I don't want to sacrifice the user's freedom of choice.

This program will always exist, always be free, will always be independent, and will always be by the users, for the users. It can only improve, and we simply need to provide them with the tools they need if the user is having trouble.

I don't think drama or animosity is ever going to help. Making the program better for everyone is really the best approach to it, even if it is stressful and a lot to take on.
 
CaptaPraelium

CaptaPraelium

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Thanks so much for taking the time to reply. I have less concern about their approach knowing that it isn't troubling you.
 
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