Vaidhy Mayilrangam wrote: > For what I understand, most attacks on OPN seem to come from people who > do not like lilo (on a personal basis). Furthermore, the relationship > between OPN and Debian is symbiotic. We both contribute to the growth of > free software.
You forgot to take into account that the dislike for lilo is a result of how he behaves and runs this network, the way he still used Global Notices an/or -lilo-, -lilo`- or now -fundraising- notices to spam fellow users to donate monay to an alleged 501(c)3, which it isn't currently, to pay *his* bills, even though a lot of people asked him to stop that since it is considered UCE or SPAM. All of the above can indeed result in a personal dislike to that person. > I can understand and appreciate lilo's goal of trying to make OPN more > professional and that takes money. All the channel does is send two > messages per day (and making it a big deal is IMHO overreacting). GNU > sells books and requests that people buy them. I do not see anyone > complaining about it. Yes, but that's only because neither gcc nor emacs are displaying a request for donations or book-purchase twice a day. If they would, be sure that the FSF would be flamed a lot. > Cutting down to the basics, OPN is not a pay channel nor does it > threaten users who do not contribute. So I see no point in moving away > from it unless the situation actually warrents it (and needless to say, > asking for donations twice a day does not warrent it) > I do know lilo in RL and I personally do not find him obnoxious :). But I got that from only his behaviour... Well... Regards, Joey -- GNU GPL: "The source will be with you... always."