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But it's not free or open ...
... if your work is not judged on its merit, but rather on your ability to negotiate the artificial project social strata. It's not equal if there are "established kernel developers", and therefore, I suppose, non-established kernel developers.

Isn't part of the point of FOSS to do away with "the establishment"?

This arrangement seems the inevitable outcome, not because of any real reason other than human egos are involved.
Posted by: dkawalec   Posted on: 08/18/08  (Edited: 08/18/2008 @ 11:45) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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All makes sense  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
Agreed  Tiggster | 08/18/08
But it's not free or open ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
actually...  kolvas | 08/18/08
Your reasoning is flawed  dkawalec | 08/18/08
Systems programming is tough  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
Very well said  Tiggster | 08/18/08
Playing devil's advocate ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
A better way of putting it...  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
But now you're back to ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
Pure ideology only works...  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
Why you're incorrect.  bmerc | 08/18/08
Lots of opinion here ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
Balance  storm14k | 08/18/08
You make good points. Forking of Linux has ALWAYS been possible. But, Linus  DonnieBoy | 08/18/08
FOSS doesn't necessarily mean  Michael Kelly | 08/18/08
Idealistic Approach vs Productive Approach  Tiggster | 08/18/08
So, then FOSS in general and Linux in particular should NOT ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
But with open source...  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
I can understand this distinction ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
shhhhh happy  bruceslog | 08/19/08
This is to prevent MS sponsored hackers donating flaws  fr0thy2 | 08/18/08
Conspiricy Theory  Tiggster | 08/18/08
MS Hackers  zomalaja | 08/18/08
Only a fool....  storm14k | 08/18/08
The Strata  zomalaja | 08/18/08
No, but he should consider it...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
Methods might not be free or open...  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
I think we have reached a point ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
puh-lease  Scott W | 08/18/08
I read it, thanks ...  dkawalec | 08/19/08
They understand the basic rule  mswift@... | 08/18/08
Good point ...  dkawalec | 08/18/08
Here we go again  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
All very true [nt]  dkawalec | 08/18/08
Knowledge Monopoly  jabailo1 | 08/18/08
But the knowledge is freely available...  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
So much for the linux micro-kernel ....  ShadeTree | 08/18/08
Nobody said it was a microkernel  John L. Ries | 08/18/08
Seeking full time volunteer Prep Cooks.  i8thecat | 08/19/08
freetarded  mydasx | 08/20/08
Gladly mydasx  i8thecat | 08/20/08
and then the ball went into the dirt  mydasx | 08/20/08
RE: Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder  starcannon99022@... | 08/19/08
reminds me of a similar situation  dinosaur_z | 08/19/08
RE: Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder  deforge | 08/20/08
RE: Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder  deforge | 08/20/08

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