Re: [gentoo-project] call for agenda items -- council meeting 2019-04-14

[Michał Górny]

On Tue, 2019-04-09 at 22:07 -0400, Aaron Bauman wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2019 at 09:58:39PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> > On 4/9/19 6:49 PM, Chris Reffett wrote:
> > > (Picking one thread to reply to, but this applies to the discussion as a
> > > whole)
> > >
> >
> > Same. This is a tough one.
> >
> > I don't care much at all about the copyright angle. Copyright has always
> > been a fundamentally inconsistent concept. We all violate copyright law
> > millions of times a day, and there's no way to avoid that in modern
> > society. This campaign is simply doing what everyone else does in that
> > regard: pretend we give a shit, so people don't see us as heretics. The
> > fact that we've gotten ourselves into a logical pickle here is not
> > unexpected given that we're trying to play a game that doesn't make any
> > sense. I'll sleep fine either way.
> >
> > What I do care about is that ultimately the only form of trust our users
> > have is based on our reputations. I'm a real person: you can search for
> > my name, find out where I work, who my friends are, call my girlfriend
> > and tell her I suck. That's *not* what's keeping me from committing a
> > backdoor to Gentoo. But that *is* why you trust me not to do it. I have
> > a few simplified-to-the-point-of-absurdity computer security rules, one
> > of which goes like "don't run code from anyone you can't find and punch
> > in the face." To that end, not having a real identity associated with a
> > developer account is troubling.
> >
> > But, of course, I like having our pseudonymous contributors around
> > fixing stuff too.
> >
> >
>
> We all violate laws everyday too, but that doesn't mean the cop won't
> stop you for speeding and then do the same when he is off duty.
>

Now that's an insulting generalization, Sir!


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Best regards,
Michał Górny