On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 07:45:08 +0100 Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:17:37 -0400 > Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:09:32 +0200 > > Alexandre Garreau <galex-...@galex-713.eu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > No, they’re not submitted to network effect, Debian is not a social > > > network. Moreover, Debian is non-lucrative. Currently nobody can > > > get *power* from it. > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by non-lucrative, but even though > > there's no money involved, that does not mean that there's no power. > > The power to decide what software to include in the distribution and > > what to exclude is certainly power. Debian has an elaborate > > constitution, with all kinds of rules, and the organization has > > considerable power over the distribution. This is similar, in my mind, > > to the power that an organization like Facebook has over its network. > > > > I think in this context that 'power' means power over the real world, > not just within a medium. It is unlikely that Debian can swing an > election result. Debian has rules, but not over what people are > permitted to discuss.
I concur completely with your distinction, and I agree that it's an important one. The original topic of the conversation, however, was Github and friends, and I doubt that Github can swing an election result, either. Celejar
