Fedora's way forward

[Hans de Goede]

sean wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:57:53 -0500
> "Eric S. Raymond" <esr at thyrsus.com> wrote:
> 
>> The technology isn't the hard part.  The hard part is accepting that
>> 100% free software dogmatism is not good enough as a guide to action,
>> because all dogma does is shut your brain down.  And that what
>> ordinary users want to do with their computers actually matters.
>>
>> If we can get our brains that far along the path, the tech and the
>> money and the lawyers are all solvable problems.
> 
> Being able to have your needs met by open source software alone 
> isn't dogmatism, it's a reality for many people.  They have every
> right to a distribution specifically designed for their needs; just
> as Fedora is.
> 
> People who want to add proprietary repositories on top of Fedora 
> already  do so without much trouble.   Your desire to step over that
> last inch isn't based on pragmatism but rather your dogmatism
> about the proper way to world domination.
> 
> Your dream that Linux is just a few binary modules away from world 
> domination is such a pipe dream it just isn't worth tarnishing the 
> premier open source distribution over.
> 
> If you can get your brain that far a long, it would be nice.
> 
> Sean
> 

Sean,

Speaking only for myself: I'm getting rather tired of your zealot stance 
in this discussion, especially since your contribution to Fedora seems 
to consist of only hot air aka noise in discussions like this. When a 
fellow active contributer takes a stance like this I tend to listen 
seriously, contributers are the ones that make Fedora, so they should be 
the ones who decide what go in. Legal issues of course take precedence, 
but you opinion does not and yes I know there are active contributers 
who side with you, but those are perfectly capable of speaking for 
themselves.

Now if you really want to help Fedora start contributing Documentation, 
Translations, Fedora Extra Packages, etc.

Regards,

Hans