Hi, >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ossama Othman) wrote: >> Those with opinions that differ from the mainstream should not be >> branded "heretics" or encouraged to leave.
Why not? When views of people differ in detail ,there is basis for a dialogue. When even the fundamentals are contested, there is no common ground to build anything out of. (An extreme example is the white supremascist who went around trashing martin luther king, jr, in an alabama group this last weekend -- his views on racsm are so far from mine that there is no point even trying to interact with him). Admttedly, the situation we have here is not anywhere near as extreme as all that, but in pinciple I see nothing inherently wrong about the project insisting that there be some basis or commonality of philosophy in the candidates that are approved for inclusion in the group of developers, if only to prevent anarchy as the project is torn apart by wildly differing factions. The DFSG defines what Deban stands for. Asking developers to agree with it is not uncalled for. manoj -- "No job too big; no fee too big!" Dr. Peter Venkman, "Ghost-busters" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.golden-gryphon.com/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E