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Re: Project leader's final word on the "purity" issue



> > The NY Times has a BOSS who can do and not do whatever he likes. That's
> > what he has been put in charge for, by the proprietors of the paper.
> So what if Debian is free -- that criterion is absolutely independent
> of good taste.

Fine. No problem with that. But, you're also saying, that a free software
effort as large as Debian is also independent of simple democratic issues.
Because, if there is one thing totally left out here, it's what the
*PEOPLE* want.


> As the editor of the project effectively, Bruce has to make sure that
> everything in the distribution is suitable. In this case, he felt
> that it wasn't. You claim it's censorship, but just like Bruce said,
> it's editorial judgement, not censorship.

So, where exactly is the job description of a Debian project leader? Bruce
is not just exercising his job (what exactly that may be), but also
probing, how far he can ignore what people would like and what they won't.
Just look at his logo decision. He took a logo that was clearly NOT the
favourite by the voters - he din't even pick one out of the "top 10", no,
it's just barely within the top 25, and got just over a third of the top
rating.

Come on - tell me, that also was simple editorial judgement?
If it is like that, then I can understand how Bruce can already publicly
tell me, that he'll be around for another year: Even if he loses the poll,
he'll use his "editorial judgement" to turn over the decision. Right?


> > Well, at first - we should vote for him, just to see, whether he'll be
> > more democratic or not. I don't think he'd be less democratic than you.
> Some people are very quick to flame. It's always a good idea to back
> off for a few seconds before sending a personal flame like this;
> consider whether it's really worth sending. Would you still have sent
> this last comment?

YES! Definetely. 100% sure.  Remember - this isn't the first time, that
Bruce just-did-the-right-thing as you might call it.




  Benedikt

Windows 95: n.
    32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit
    operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,  written
         by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.


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