On 22.03.2015 22:00, KatolaZ wrote:
> Well, we might all agree on despising the systemd-nonsense on a
> technical level, but nobody can say it's not free software without
> being considered a fool. The systemd-nonsense is distributed with a
> free software license, therefore it *is* free software...

I think everyone is in agreement that they fulfill the letter of the
license. The spirit may be lacking especially in regards to access.
Being an enormous, interdependent hairball simply puts the code out of
reach for all practical purposes as well as restricting use. Again,
that's spirit and not letter and the license does not address that.
There is however one large, long running project which does take code
legibility and quality and those kinds of things into account, in
addition to license. Maybe that's something for GPLv4, or maybe not.

> ...What is strange in the report made by Jaromil is the fact that just
> asking a question about the systemd-nonsense classifies you as a
> troll, which is quite unusual in the free software community...

Not strange at all, in context. That's how they roll, at least as long
as I've been following the situation, which has been about 18 months.
Anything other than praise results in name calling or calls to shut up
and/or just use it from the boosters. Their reactions can probably be
sorted into formal logical fallacies if that matters and if they are
going to be called on it.

Regards,
Lars