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On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 12:45:56 AM EDT Andrew Savchenko wrote: |
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> This is called evolution, so I see no problem that Gentoo evolved |
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> into something different from what was originally planned. |
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Better worded as a experiment in democratic project leadership I would say |
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over all has been a tragic failure. I think the founders of Gentoo would all |
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hole heartily agree. |
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While to evolve things mutate to survive. That is about all Gentoo is doing, |
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surviving. It is not thriving. It is not a mainstream distro as it once was. |
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Leadership keeps a project mainstream no other factors. |
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> > Gentoo is some what like a 2 headed snake. Long ago used to be 3, when |
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> > infra was stronger but infra has faded some to where it is just Council |
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> > and Foundation. |
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> This is a separation of power: the legal body is separated from the |
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> technical government. And I find this really great, since Gentoo is |
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> an international community these days. |
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You simply do not understand. You are asking people to be a legal |
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representative for something they have no control or influence over. |
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Comrel could do something that causes legal action on the Foundation the |
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Trustees would have to deal with. Same with regard to the Council. The |
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foundation can do NOTHING to prevent either. The Foundation has no control or |
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influence over Comrel or Recruiting. Yet they oversee the community it is |
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legally responsible for. |
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It is a perverted structure no other projects have such a structure. Which is |
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why others rise as Gentoo falls. Go look around. Find any organization that |
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has the same structure as Gentoo. I never found anything close. I doubt |
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anyone else would either, but I welcome such if it exists. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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