Re:Who controls glibc?
by _b8r0 on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @03:30AM
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This isn't the first time he's pulled this. I remember the hostile takeover attempt against Ulrich Drepper back in the early 2000s.
Bottom line: Don't make your project a GNU project if you want control of it. Benevolent dictators aren't always benevolent.
The good news is that the devs can fork Glibc, which has happened at least twice before IIRC.
I've gone into a bit of detail on my view of the cultural/generational gap here: https://lobste.rs/s/ei9fcf/who_controls_glibc#c_lfucpv - but the bottom line is that RMS' values are very different to those of the project, and he's not going to change them. GNU's values were founded in the counterculture movements of the 70s, and the social issues of those times, which are different to those commonly adopted today.
Bottom line: Don't make your project a GNU project if you want control of it. Benevolent dictators aren't always benevolent.
The good news is that the devs can fork Glibc, which has happened at least twice before IIRC.
I've gone into a bit of detail on my view of the cultural/generational gap here: https://lobste.rs/s/ei9fcf/who_controls_glibc#c_lfucpv - but the bottom line is that RMS' values are very different to those of the project, and he's not going to change them. GNU's values were founded in the counterculture movements of the 70s, and the social issues of those times, which are different to those commonly adopted today.
As always, the Simpsons did it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqZ2PPOLik