Curt Howland wrote: > On Tuesday 06 March 2007 15:30, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: >> I wouldn't be so quick to assume Debian's working on communist >> theory successfully. I think the DPL would have something to say >> about nobody playing leader. > > Mr. Johnson, I'm beginning to wonder if you actually _read_ the > postings you are replying to. No where, under any circumstances, > would I call Debian "communistic".
You insinuated it. I think you don't quite know what communism is, go read Karl Marx sometime, he's an authority on the topic. > What I said was voluntary, cooperative, and therefore an-archic > because no one can coerce anyone else to do anything. There are > rules, yes, but no _rulers_. That's communism. > Yes, there is a project leader, who does exactly that: Leads. No one > is bound to do anything that he says to do. He does not _rule_. > > Can you go back and note, please, that I said no one, specifically and > explicitly, _RULES_ over others? Please? Who is signing off on when things go stable? > I would have thought that the recent example of some few developers > objecting to anyone being paid for their work on the Debian release, > and demonstrating that no one rules over them at all, would be > demonstration enough. Yeah, of textbook communism. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
