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On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 10:22 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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<wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thursday, December 1, 2016 10:04:21 PM EST Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:57 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. |
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>> <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> > How many times does it need be said that nothing |
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>> > regarding Gentoo should be confidential. |
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>> Evidently, once more. I've stated the reasons I disagree. That's |
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>> fine, we're allowed to disagree. |
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> Here run this software, and no matter how it may effect you. You cannot see |
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> how the software does its thing.... It is closed source! |
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> That is exactly what you are saying you support. |
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This is like saying that if you don't believe in releasing security |
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vulnerabilities before a timely patch is released that you don't |
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support open source. They are different matters and the right policy |
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for one isn't necessarily the same as the right policy for the other. |
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We don't have to handle source code the way we handle interpersonal |
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conflict. As I've already stated numerous times, I think the pros are |
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worse than the cons to opening this stuff up. I'm not aware of any |
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Council members or Trustees who disagree on this, actually, and I've |
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talked in private with most. Certainly none have publicly posted |
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anything contrary in these threads. |
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I really don't want to have a running debate on whether person A has |
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done something bad in the past. I want to see person A refrain from |
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doing bad things in the future, and we can all go back to the reason |
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we all came here in the first place, and make improvements to the way |
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these situations are handled where they make sense. |
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Rich |
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