Thanks for the info Ian.
- Depends on the team doing open source. A perfect example of things gone wrong is LibreOffice. It's been taken over by script kiddies that focus on glitter and break decades old functionality, rendering the product almost unusable by keyboarders. If you can manage the product development by assigning tasks to competent programmers, go for it.
Any open source as a group thing needs to be run from a development plan with agreed tasks and controlled updates. If people want a free for all, they can fork the software and do as they wish - it shouldn't be allowed to impact the core product.
Regards,
Duncan