On 7 Apr 2006, JC Helary spake thusly:
>>> Did it ever occur to you that one can be an active Debian
>>> contributor and not use Debian at all ?
>>
>> No. And even if it did, I fail to see how that is relevant
>> here. You cannot be an active Debian contributor without knowing
>> about its culture, which is what Marc was talking about.
>
> What is Debian more than a sum of packages that for some require
> translations, when seen from a FOSS translator ?
Which is fine. If that is all Debisn is to them, they shall
not miss voting rights -- I mean, they already control the
translations, the important bit, neh?
> Why do you think there is a need to "understand" whatever Debian
> "culture" there is to technically contribute to the project ?
Nothing. But we are not talking technical contributions, we
are talking about deciding where the project is heading, or over
riding the decisions of delegates, or changing the social contract --
all oof these were on the table this early in this year alone.
> This point is very relevant because putting subjective conditions
> (understanding a "culture") to allow full membership has nothing to
> do with objectively valuating a contribution.
We can value contributions until we are blue in the face. RMS,
Linus -- and a cast of thousands. But mere contributiosn do not
accrue people voting rights.
manoj
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