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Re: Debian needs you



In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.971101123038.25367A-100000@cancerous.braincells.com> you wrote:

: I know I don't have the time or skills to lead Debian.  But somebody
: please step up.  I think there would be a lot of support for the
: "moderate view".

Can you help me understand what you mean by "moderate view" in this context?

Is it your belief that the policy of having the main distribution contain
only software that meets the DFSG should change?  

If not, I completely agree with the notion that we can and should be 
essentially neutral as an organization on things like the KDE/Debian disk...
while tolerating/supporting the rights of everyone involved, *including* our
leader, to publicly express their personal opinions on such things.

I believe that it would be disasterous for us to relax the requirement that 
the main distribution comply with the DFSG, and equally disasterous to elect 
as leader someone who could even contemplate suggesting we do so.

When I signed on as a package maintainer for Debian (it sure seems like it was
a *long* time ago), the "gang of three" who were central to making Debian 
happen were Ian Murdock, Ian Jackson, and Bruce Perens (in no particular 
order).  If I didn't think they were reasonable people with whom I shared much 
commonality of opinion about software, I wouldn't have signed on.  I may 
embarrass them by saying so, but in my opinion, anyone who finds themselves 
*fundamentally at odds* with the philosophies and actions of Bruce and/or 
IanJ should question why they're participating in Debian.

Bdale


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