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Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project
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Christophe Poncy |
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Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project |
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Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:09:59 +0200 |
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On 2019-10-11 20:41, Taylan Kammer wrote:
[…] What position does he
hold within today's GNU project other than being a wise old person
(wise with respect to his topics of expertise) who is respected a lot?
As a simple user, I see him as the guardian of the temple ("Chief
GNUisance"), and that reassures me because he embodies the free software
philosophy on its own.
the maintainers and contributors collectively
hold a lot more power than any single person.
IMO, the GNU essence is more powerful than the sum of its hackers.
So in a way I guess I don't really see what the statement
is trying to accomplish
It visibly sets the scapegoat mechanism in motion, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoating#Scapegoat_mechanism