[slgeorge]

> It goes against everything open source stands for

Sorry, that's not correct. It goes against your opinion of what open source should stands for, and many projects run in a way where everyone can contribute. But, it's not the only way.

The license determines how the code comes, that's the only rule. There's no rules about how a community must run. It's for the code creator (maintainer) to determine how or even IF they want a community of contributors. There's lots of ways of doing open source!

And saying it's not "open source' if you don't do X outside the license is just a No true Scotsman.

[nextaccountic]

Open source is a development methodology. The license is the bare minimum.