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> These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every sin
by ahtihn 5y ago
> These people are making decisions that affect all of us on our behalf. Decisions that affect the security and integrity of the software we rely upon every single day.
Since when do Debian developers owe the public anything?
They don't represent you, they don't owe you anything and you are absolutely not in a position to demand anything from them.
If you're not happy with how the project is run, you're free to use something else. If you want developers to be accountable to you, you can hire them and make them sign a contract.
- Anthony-G 5y agoIndividualised contracts wouldn’t scale well for Debian’s user-base. Luckily, there’s no need for that. The Debian project considers itself to be a community rather than a business. According to the Debian social contract¹, > We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community. > We will place their interests first in our priorities. Another one of their stated values is: > We will not hide problems ¹ https://www.debian.org/social_contract https://www.debian.org/social_contract