Tridgell: ArduPilot and DroneCode

Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell writesabout the ArduPilot project's withdrawal from the Dronecode group."Unfortunately DroneCode has a built-in flaw. The structure andbylaws of DroneCode are built around exceptional power for the Platinummembers, giving them extraordinary control over the future ofDroneCode. [...]Just how great a flaw that is has been shown by the actions of the Platinummembers over the last two months. Due to their overwhelming desire to beable to make a proprietary autopilot stack the Platinum members staged whatcan only be called a coup. They removed all top level open source projectsfrom DroneCode, leaving only their own nominees in the Technical SteeringCommittee. They passed a resolution requiring that all projects hand overcontrol of all trademarks, accounts and domains to their control."