On 2017-10-14 17:19, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> Although this belongs to devuan-dev I am posting this here for general
> discussion.
>
> I think, the principle should hold indefinitely as anyone working on
> Devuan's projects, is doing it for free in their free time. Since
> there is no payment involved, it makes a lot of sense to keep some
> form of motivator. In this case, such a motivator, would be more say
> in decisions.

I'm afraid I can't agree.
Usually the most sense is spoken by the smallest voice.
History is full of examples of the minority being in the right.
The whole idea of open source is the wealth of the collective,
intelligence of the crowd, call it what you will.
As soon as you make it `proprietary', in any sense, you lose that major
advantage, placing yourself back at square one.


> Please, understand this email is NOT intended to push myself to have
> more say: that would be above my head, as I have absolutely NO
> experience besides with the most common equipment found at homes.
>
> Another point to state is, to repeat that unanimity, is important
> where major changes to Devuan are involved.


Here you advocate the diametrically opposed opposite.


> This point has been
> criticised as the stalling policy of the EU, but needless to say,
> every policy has its downside. It is better to have slow progress
> rather than have schisms occurring as a result of deep disagreement.
> This has happened to Debian notwithstanding of its well-planned
> structure.
>
> I attribute the changes taking place in GNU/Linux in general,
> especially the introduction of systemd, to business forces placing
> their fingers where they shouldn't. Devuan should guard itself to
> create a structure that impeaches any member that acts in ways that
> would undermine the Devuan ideal in the long run. I think, Debian
> suffered what it suffered because it allowed members/developers with
> questionable backgrounds and design preferences.
>
> edbarx
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