[xyzzy_plugh]

I'm confused by this comment. What does marketing have to do with open source at all? I don't care if anyone ever uses my software. It succeeds by virtue of being open source.

Open source software does not require a community to form around it. Software can be "done" and in low to no maintenance mode. It doesn't need to evolve with the time. It just is.

I welcome the discourse around healthy community building but I really dislike this trend of conflating community with open source as if somehow it's a property of free and open source software. It ain't.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

> What does marketing have to do with open source at all? I don't care if anyone ever uses my software.

You just answered your own question!

If you care about people using your own software, then the best approach is to market it. Otherwise, why bother?