Board:   [fsxNet] Mystic BBS discussion/support
Subject: Redoing Mystic
From:    Nightfox(21:1/137)
Date:    Fri Aug 21, 2026 12:43

  Re: Redoing Mystic
  By: Accession to Nightfox on Fri Aug 21 2026 01:17 pm

 >> One thing with closed-source software is that if the developer disappears
 >> for some reason, then we may never get any updates.

 Ac> Again, cue 99% of BBS software out there. Closed source BBS software isn't
 Ac> new to us at all. It seems as though one of the original "problem causers"
 Ac> from back in Mystic's open source days has already started his own thing
 Ac> on github, adding "modules" with AI, or something. I noticed it, took a
 Ac> look at the code a bit, and let James know about it via email, but didn't
 Ac> get a response. That's about all I can and will do.

It's too bad people preferred to do that rather than work with g00r00 on contributing to Mystic. That hasn't happened with Synchronet, as far as I can tell, even though Synchronet's source is available..  As far as Mystic, I wonder if people did that due to g00r00 taking long absences?  I suppose if a project is open-sourced, the original author may need to still take an active role in it, or choose trusted people to have access to making code commits & such who are interested in working on it.

Nightfox
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