the above really belongs in my thread about laws and political systems. To
keep on this very important point of "authoritarian rule of the devs" - how
are devs accountable? I don't see it. If only 50 people can understand, but
10^6 - 10^9 people use it, how to define accountability?


On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Benjamin Cordes <
benjamin.l.cordes@???> wrote:

> One thing most will assume that is constant is the infrastructure of a git
> repo + SSH. I think there could be different models. As soon as one sees
> that the question is how one could define properties of the software and
> have different change models. SSH means somebody (or a group) has a key,
> where the first creator of the repo has ultimate authority in that he
> defines he will get the key. The authority to change code is all inclusive.
> However, instead one could have a kind of genesis block type model, where
> the initial code in the repo is preserved for all changes thereafter. This
> would mean that some changes would be impossible, or would be impossible
> without "consent". This kind of model would make sense for any future
> crypto currency which learns from bitcoin. By this mechanism the useres of
> the network will know that some changes will be impossible (or would
> require a kind of hack).
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Luke-Jr <luke@???> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:10:29 PM Benjamin Cordes wrote:
>> > In a sense, general public == troll. Which is one problem with
>> democracy.
>> > The eternal Plato suggested a regime of smart people, called the lovers
>> of
>> > wisdom, the philosophers, to rule the world in a selfless and good way.
>> > Karl Popper pointed out, this is the path to dictatorship,
>>
>> Democracy leads to dictatorship much faster than monarchy or other forms
>> of
>> government.
>>
>> > and instead said we should have a open society, where the rulers can
>> always
>> > be removed without a war.
>>
>> You "remove" rulers by moving to another State. The problem comes when
>> they
>> get too big and there are no more options (like now)... The USA sucks,
>> and I'd
>> like to move away, but there's nowhere better to go :(
>>
>> > Can users of bitcoin replace bitcoin devs with new devs?
>>
>> Yes, they switch to software maintained by the new devs.
>>
>> Luke
>>
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>