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Date:      Tue, 04 Feb 2003 20:18:30 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20030204201252.03ccb2e0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20030205025530.GA17078@papagena.rockefeller.edu>
References:  <20030205021134.GO12525@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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At 07:55 PM 2/4/2003, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:

>It's ridiculous to say a system administrator should have a
>say in controlling the project's direction just because he uses
>FreeBSD daily.

I strongly disagree. He and his company may have a far larger
investment in FreeBSD -- in dollars and man-hours -- than any
committer.

In the case of a commercial product, users can vote with their 
wallets. The way FreeBSD is currently organized, they do not
even have that much influence. This is topsy-turvy. This is 
open source; the user constituency deserves MORE, not LESS 
influence than it would have on commercial products. 

--Brett


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