> On 9 Jul 2026, at 18:50, Andrey Rakhmatullin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 06:43:26PM +0300, Hakan Bayındır wrote:
>> Let me put another forward-looking statement: Big Linux vendors might stop
>> sharing source packages for their versions of uutils, and may even bake in
>> DRM and/or “user-watching analytics” features into them to TiVoize their
>> distributions
>
> Please do not.
>
>> Am I (or others putting this possibility forward) blowing this out of
>> proportion, too?
>
> Yes, clearly.
>
>
> --
> WBR, wRAR
Your email about FUD remarks didn’t arrive to my inbox, yet I have seen in on
the web, so I’m replying to this mail instead:
> This is literally FUD.
Yes and no. This is why I wrote that. While it might happen, that’s a
possibility, but it’s a very weak one. However, talking about it creates
discomfort. This brings us to your second point, which is spot-on:
> We shouldn't have FUD on our MLs.
Exactly. If we shan’t allow future statement which might not realize, and sow
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt; we equally shouldn’t tolerate somebody talking
about something uncertain which creates Fear Uncertainty and Doubt on others.
I might blog about what I wrote in my previous e-mail, or plaster it on
everywhere on the web, but it’ll anger people rightfully. But, if somebody else
is being tolerated because it has written more LOCs, and/or has certain titles,
now I believe this is wrong.
You have every right to react to my e-mail, rightfully so. In that respect, I
have every right to react, albeit kindly to something I find wrong or damaging
to Debian as a whole.
I might not be a DD, but I’m a former tech-lead of a Debian Derivative, and I
care about Debian at least as everyone who cares to follow and post to this ML.
With respect,
H.
