On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 16:25 -0600, inode0 wrote: > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 12:54 -0600, inode0 wrote: > >> > >> I believe that what fundamentally makes the Fedora Project a great > >> place to be is that it is an open community where the participants > >> share a group of core values that guide them both individually and > >> collectively toward an unwritten end that is worth pursuing > > > > Perhaps the problem is we don't all agree on those core sets of values, > > or how those values should guide us to what unwritten end. Or we > > suspect we don't agree because so much of it is unwritten. > > We are about to fall off the edge of the philosophical cliff now. I > really don't analyze how my values guide my actions. I approach the > check-out counter behind a little old lady. I could speed up and cut > in front of her, I could slow down and let her go first. I make a > decision which I believe is formed in large part by my values without > thinking about them. > > > If the assumption is that we all share these values, what are they? The > > four F's? Those are just vague enough to be practically meaningless in > > this context. > > Enumerating the values with surgical precision is meaningless too if > you want it to lead to an idea of what the Fedora distribution will > look like in 5 years. It just doesn't work that way. > > John Since we can't act as a single hive mind, we have to come to some sort of agreement, and to do so, we need guidelines rather than "whatever I feel like today". You seem to be sidestepping any point that has to do with a conflict within the project. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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