Let's talk about the open source philosophy

Overview​

Problem first: What is “Open Source” in Apache APISIX? The idea started with an experimental workshop for university students I did last Friday. It was a nice friday, I was very excited to talk to them about how I could contribute to the apache project (in this case, APISIX) until they asked this thought-provoking question. Oh, yeah. That's a good question. But I'm doing this out of an instinctive drive to bring something different to the world, that's all, and who knows the real reason behind that action? I admit I didn’t think too deeply about it and “just do it” is my principle. That was a confusing friday :(

I thought about it for a week, and then I came up with this article :)