Re: More project leaders!
On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 08:49:56PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>
> For the obligatory free-software statement: of course I support free
> software. I think it is great and everyone should use it. If I felt
> otherwise I would not still be here. The recent advances of free
> software make me feel good, but there is also still a lot of confusion
> about what free software really is and people are muddling the free
> software ideology pool. The Debian Free Software Guidelines are a great
> method to help both us and others to focus on really free software. But
> I am not a fanatic who tries to convince everyone free software is the
> one and only true way. There are already others who are doing a great
> job with that, and I do not see it as the role of project leader.
Could you please clarify that? I don't think it is the role of the project
leader to convince everyone that Free Software is for everyone, but still
the DPL represents an enormous Free Software project in the world, and he
should advocate it, too.
Thank you,
Marcus
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