Debian, Philosophy, and People
Given the recent brouhaha in Debian, and General Resolution regarding Lennys Release policy as it relates to Firmware and Debians Social Contract, which has led to the resignation of Manoj Srivastava from the position of Secretary for the Debian Project, Im reminded of the following passage from Gordon Dicksons Tactics of Mistakes
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The conflict between idealism and pragmatism is a very old one in the Free and Open Source Software Movement. At one end of the spectrum stands Richard Stallman, who has never compromised on issues regarding his vision of Software Freedom. Standing at various distances from this idealistic pole are various members of the Open Source Community.
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