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Author: golinux
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To: dng
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Subject: Re: [DNG] FSF and human rights
On 2021-03-26 15:00, Steve Litt wrote:
> golinux@??? said on Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:47:59 -0500
>
>
>> Steve Litt and I were threatened with a ban on the debian-user mail
>> list for our anti-systemd opinions in 2014! Actually, he may have
>> gotten hammered. Can't quite remember . . .
>>
>> golinux
>
> Yeah, I was banned from posting to debian-user, in October or November
> of 2014, by that bastion of debianism and proud systemd vote caster Don
> Armstrong. As far as I know, my ban is still in effect.
>
> And just so I'm not accused of libel, the following is the link to
> Armstrong's assertion that he voted for systemd:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/09/msg01367.html
>
> For interesting reading, read the link in Armstrong's post (warning,
> big file), read Armstrong's explanation of his vote, and then go to the
> top of the file to understand just how bogus the process leading up to
> the vote really was.
>
> SteveT
>


This is by far the best analysis of how the first GR vote went down:

Combatting revisionist history
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=120652

golinux