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Well, that's unfortunate, but if the Debian developers don't want to eject him, what can you do? I mean, it's not as if Walther is using his position to promote Nazi ideology is it - or is it? It's a tough one for free software communities, because what would you have them do? Stop accepting contributions from him, for example? OK, but then they're fragmenting the development of free softare and/or slowing it down. Is it really worth doing that, chucking away his contributions just because he happens to be a Nazi? As long as his contributions aren't actually promoting Nazism in any way shape or form, it seems like a waste to reject them. Personally I would not want to work on a free software project with a Nazi, and if I were in their shoes I'd try to have him ejected. But that's on the personal level, and on their personal level apparently they aren't too bothered by it - or not bothered enough to exclude him, anyway.
I think the problem Paul sees is that, as a Debian developer, you have privileged access both to the Debian system and to the personal information Debian developers have on other such developers. This is, of course, exactly the sort of access needed if you ever wanted to subvert the project... As you say, getting useful work out of people whose ideologies you are in violent disagreement with is an interesting property of the Free Software community... cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | technical person | Shadow Robot Company | rw shadow.org.uk front-of-tshirt space to let 251 Liverpool Road | London N1 1LX | +UK 20 7700 2487 _______________________ http://www.oekonux.org/
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