[sitkack]

Someone please correct me if I am wrong (always, but am extra asking for it), is that the main 3b1b/manim is really just for Grant and folks in making his videos, and while he did open source it, he isn't interested in running a big OSS project.

To me this really shows the power of OSS, and that one can "take ownership" of their destiny through forking and that it doesn't need to be adversarial.

In many ways, ideas are much more powerful than code. That code itself can be a thought terminating thing, by making ideas reified, it also instantly constructs an Overton Window or maybe a Chesteron's Fence, or maybe a Winchester House. A Knot's Berry Farm of technical debt built on soggy metaphors.

[davidscolgan]

Yes, I've heard him say in a few places in his videos that he gives his blessing to this fork and encourages its use over his own repo for that exact reason.

[sitkack]

The cool thing about this is that it shows you can open source stuff and have people use it, but you don't have maintain the project.

At the same time, I hope it encourages folks to open source their code even if it isn't "ready for prime time" or what ever euphemism is for embarrassment.

[kaimorid]

lmaoooooooo well said clapping