Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:26:30 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx@aldan.algebra.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: legitimacy of core (Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object) Message-ID: <20030206032630.GA4203@papagena.rockefeller.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030205195726.00e5b5a0@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote:
> >= Nor should the president be chosen by the Supreme Court.
> >
> >Better that than a lot of other possibilities. (Ivory Coast?
> >Venezuella?)
>
> Or the current means of choosing -core (he says, trying to get
> the conversation back on topic).
So now it's back "on topic", let me point out the obvious once again:
People don't have much choice in their citizenship. An American-born
citizen didn't have a choice in that (yes, one can emigrate, but
that's not such an easy option). So it is fair that citizens are
given certain rights. That's the idea of democracy -- to give people
control, however imperfect, over their destinies.
Only someone as pompous as Brett would try to extend that idea to
"members of the FreeBSD community". None of us are forced to be part
of this community. We're here because we like it, but that doesn't
mean we can make demands.(*) It has a system, and a structure, which
is designed for efficient work, not for popularity. There's no reason
to give users "rights".
As core members have pointed out, user inputs are essential,
non-committers can and do play important roles. There is a place for
suggestions, and feature requests, and stuff like that. The key word
is "requests". There's no room for demands and there should not be.
- Rahul
(*)
Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.
-- Bob Dylan
(from FreeBSD's fortune files)
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