[forum] A Call For Open Governance Of X Development

[Alexander Kellett]

On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 05:35:10PM -0500, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>    I think Daniel's example would be better if Americans were
> demanding the right to chose the Prime Minister of France.
> While the Americans have a "vested interest" in who the
> French prime minister is, they shouldn't have a say in it.
> I think this is the difference, as David Wexelblat put it,
> between a democracy and a republic.  Not every body gets
> to vote.  This isn't a free-for-all.  The prime minister 
> of France isn't elected for the good of the world community.
> He is elected by eligible French citizens for the good of France.

but we are the users, just like they are the citizens.

if a developer has put in a certain amount of time into
xfree86 development i think he should be given the right
to both vote on matters of importance and more importantly
should certainly be allowed to maintain his code. 

but agreed,
this shouldn't mean that "citizens" are allowed to vote.

mvg,
Alex