On Wednesday 20 May 2009 11:25:46 Vincent Untz wrote:
That being said, the guiding principles help explain the identity of the project, and of the community behind the project. That's why they are important, imho, and having people support them will strenghten our identity.
Just to explain to you why some people think this kind of things is important (while for you, it's not that important): quite some contributors feel that they're helping making the world a better place by contributing to free software. It's not just an OS for those people.
I know. It's exactly this religious, or better missionary aspect of FOSS I don't share. It's a tad like Jehova's witnesses ringing your door bell: You are perfectly fine with the cosmos, and suddenly there are these friendly people who cannot understand why you are happy <G> You'll probably never convince me we are talking about more than software. Nevertheless I consider myself part of the community, and I do what I think is good for the project. Okay, I think we wasted enough time on the question why *I* don't sign the guiding principles. Back to the question why 6000 others don't :-) Uwe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org