sean wrote:
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:57:53 -0500
"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The technology isn't the hard part. The hard part is accepting that
100% free software dogmatism is not good enough as a guide to action,
because all dogma does is shut your brain down. And that what
ordinary users want to do with their computers actually matters.
If we can get our brains that far along the path, the tech and the
money and the lawyers are all solvable problems.
Being able to have your needs met by open source software alone
isn't dogmatism, it's a reality for many people. They have every
right to a distribution specifically designed for their needs; just
as Fedora is.
People who want to add proprietary repositories on top of Fedora
already do so without much trouble. Your desire to step over that
last inch isn't based on pragmatism but rather your dogmatism
about the proper way to world domination.
Your dream that Linux is just a few binary modules away from world
domination is such a pipe dream it just isn't worth tarnishing the
premier open source distribution over.
If you can get your brain that far a long, it would be nice.
Sean
Sean,
Speaking only for myself: I'm getting rather tired of your zealot stance
in this discussion, especially since your contribution to Fedora seems
to consist of only hot air aka noise in discussions like this. When a
fellow active contributer takes a stance like this I tend to listen
seriously, contributers are the ones that make Fedora, so they should be
the ones who decide what go in. Legal issues of course take precedence,
but you opinion does not and yes I know there are active contributers
who side with you, but those are perfectly capable of speaking for
themselves.
Now if you really want to help Fedora start contributing Documentation,
Translations, Fedora Extra Packages, etc.
Regards,
Hans
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