From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24968 invoked by alias); 22 Feb 2008 20:23:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 24892 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Feb 2008 20:23:30 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (HELO nitzan.inter.net.il) (213.8.233.22) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:23:03 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-234-195.inter.net.il [84.229.234.195]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id JGO96789 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:20:15 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:09:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Thomas Dineen CC: nickrob@snap.net.nz, fche@redhat.com, gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <47BF0478.1050209@ix.netcom.com> (message from Thomas Dineen on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:20:56 -0800) Subject: Re: New MI maintainer Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20080219191222.GA10196@caradoc.them.org> <18363.14758.855327.355215@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20080220190512.4550A8FC6D@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18364.37907.135913.269853@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18366.14530.875406.113087@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <47BF0478.1050209@ix.netcom.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-02/txt/msg00193.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:20:56 -0800 > From: Thomas Dineen > CC: "Frank Ch. Eigler" , gdb@sourceware.org > > Gentle People: > > Yes but with the conditions listed below: > > "robustly constructed and justified" > > any contributor can easily be blown off for > any political reason! While theoretically possible, I'm quite sure such conspiracies can never happen in practice in this case, since the people involved come from several different continents, cultural backgrounds, and political views. In fact, just reaching an agreement is sometimes a formidable job for us. > From my observations the attitudes expressed > in this thread are NOT positive for the Open Source > Movement. I would suggest that your movement would > benefit from more openness and democracy. Sorry, but that's pure demagoguery. "Open Source" and "Free Software" mean that the sources are available. They don't mean that every aspect of human life is open to the public. Even the most open democracies always have closed deliberations about certain issues. You cannot lead a group in any significant human endeavor without a certain distance between the leadership and the rest, and without closed deliberations about some sensitive issues.