On Wed, February 11, 2009 01:51, Richard Creighton wrote:
Seeing as a 'vote was taken', the inference is that this list is a democratic entity of some sort. That being the case and given that democratic entities periodically resubmit the issues and leadership to the constituants/voters for evaluation/reevaluation (otherwise countries like the US would still have George Bush as President...or Jimmy Carter...or Nixon perhaps) because issues and circumstances change and confirmation and adjustments to proceedure and law often need to be made accordingly. Just because something was voted on and passed by the 13 original colonies (in the US for example) and the people living/voting at that time made a choice, that doesn't mean that the rest of the newly added states and the new voters shouldn't have a say in their laws and leaders now. (Substitute your own countries history as appropriate). Linux and SuSE has grown and new users and new programs have appeared since that original vote.
It is exactly because of that reason, that I disagree with the opinion that this mailing list (and the Linux community in general) is a democracy. It is not! The second hit on Google for "benevolent dictator" is the Wikipedia entry on Benevolent Dictator For Life: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_For_Life You guys should really read a bit about hacker culture. In the original meaning of the word hacker. -- Amedee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org