dmikurube Speaking of which, Iād like to throw this at the open source policy discussion. I think that the people who dream about āopen sourceā sometimes forget that it is of course up to them to decide which proposals to include and which not to include, even though it is possible to send down proposals from outside.
dmikurube: Open source is not ādecision making with democratic input from allā¦? The decisions are made by the āpeople in chargeā in a self-righteous manner, and there is nothing wrong with that. Itās just āyou can use it or make derivatives of it as long as you comply with the licenseā. dmikurube The above is from an open source software maintainer who has recently been watching with a rather delicate feeling as āopen sourceā gets a strange boost. Thank you very much for your understanding. dmikurube Well, of course, Iām talking about the fact that each process of deciding ānot to incorporateā is expected to have its own discussion, and that discussion is what makes it worthwhile. dmikurube Well, in the case of a maintainer, you are allowed to give up on the discussion and reject ā close the proposal (after all, you are the maintainer). But it is actually quite difficult to say āNoā to a proposal that comes to you. I am not sure if it is really acceptable in the context of āpolitics,ā after all. dmikurube I know itās a lot of work, but Iām eager to see how the transition actually goes, and with that in mind, Iām not saying I donāt have high hopes! dmikurube Well, actually, the bigger the open source project gets, the more people involved, the more it becomes āthe politicsā, unlike the fluffy image of open source. If you have serious experience in this area, you may be able to play a political role in that sense. dmikurube I feel like this kind of talk is better suited for the executive branch and government offices than the election-based legislative branch and Congress. dmikurube If you think about it, is Audrey Tang exactly that? Heās a stiff in the middle of an open source project, and yet heās not a so-called delegate, but only a cabinet member of the Executive Yuan.
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