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I work on camera algorithms full time and do Ethereum stuff in my free time, not sure that's relevant though. Like it or not, FSF has governance and power stru

I work on camera algorithms full time and do Ethereum stuff in my free time, not sure that's relevant though. Like it or not, FSF has governance and power structures. The GNU project power structure is very top heavy, effectively a dictatorship. I believe dictatorships are bad so I'll continue advocating for GNU to change. Interestingly the approach to cooperation you're describing (if you don't like it, fork it) is actually the same as OG crypto Bitcoin people. IMO it's not conducive to good outcomes and most of the crypto world has embraced processes that lead to consensus building and more inclusivity (although clearly not perfect yet).

forty 4y ago
> dictatorships are bad I think you should be more a bit subtle in your analysis and weight the pros and cons. Especially in the context of software projects where nobody gets killed or detained :) Not saying that dictatorship is the only good way to lead software projects but there are enough highly successful dictator led software projects that it's worth not rejecting this type of governance as just "bad".
- oska 4y ago
  On your point about talking about Free Software projects as 'dictatorships', the analogy looks especially silly if you bring it back the other way, which would mean that anyone living in a real world dictatorship could simply 'fork' the country they are living in, recreating/replicating all its lands, forests, cities & towns and install themselves as the new ruling class and attract a new population to people their newly created land. Without any bloodshed; the old 'dictatorship' and its physical lands still exist in a parallel reality and they can carry on along their own original path. Also, people living in these two lands can 'teleport' to the other reality, if they decide they like it better. Doesn't sound very oppressive now, with the analogy properly extended.

forty 4y ago

> dictatorships are bad I think you should be more a bit subtle in your analysis and weight the pros and cons. Especially in the context of software projects where nobody gets killed or detained :) Not saying that dictatorship is the only good way to lead software projects but there are enough highly successful dictator led software projects that it's worth not rejecting this type of governance as just "bad".

oska 4y ago
On your point about talking about Free Software projects as 'dictatorships', the analogy looks especially silly if you bring it back the other way, which would mean that anyone living in a real world dictatorship could simply 'fork' the country they are living in, recreating/replicating all its lands, forests, cities & towns and install themselves as the new ruling class and attract a new population to people their newly created land. Without any bloodshed; the old 'dictatorship' and its physical lands still exist in a parallel reality and they can carry on along their own original path. Also, people living in these two lands can 'teleport' to the other reality, if they decide they like it better. Doesn't sound very oppressive now, with the analogy properly extended.