Re: Debian contributor Register of Interests
On May 10, 2017 3:20:49 PM EDT, Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote:
>On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 11:55:33AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> Participation in Debian is voluntary, so saying information
>disclosure is
>> voluntary doesn't really mean anything.
>
>Evidently it does mean something, since here we are discussing it.
>
>> I object to the existence of such a registry because just because
>it's
>> 'voluntary' now, doesn't mean it won't be effectively mandatory due
>to either
>> new project rules or social pressures later.
>
>If you object to mandatory impositions, why are you advocating to
>mandate
>preventing people such as I from declaring interest, if we so wish?
I have no objection to what individuals do or don't do regarding such disclosures. Declare all you want.
The project creating a centralized information repository is an entirely different thing.
Scott K
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