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"This _is_ a war."

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     >> Calling this a war,
     > Have you followed the discussion?  This _is_ a war.  And not just
     > from Ian's side: the pro-systemd amendment in the current vote
     > seems to say "we demand that you trust everything we do, and we
     > don't trust what you do".  When I first read it my reaction was
     > "Woah!  That's a declaration of war!"  How anyone could think it
     > would be a good idea to include that in the amendment was beyond
     > me.

My reading of The Choice-4 is:  "Minority must STFU.  Because democracy,
man!"

     > But I think I understand it now.  Because it already is a war; no
     > need to declare it.  These people, just like Ian, feel strongly
     > about this.  And that is in fact a positive thing, just like I
     > think it is positive that Ian feels so strongly about it.  It
     > means that they aren't cold-heartedly sabotaging the system as
     > ordered by their corporate overlords.  That may seem obvious, but
     > it hasn't always been clear. ;-)

So.  There's a war going.  I'm surprised, realy.  And a battle (not
final) approaches -- five days and counting.  Opinions?  Wishes?  Bets?
FUD?  Conspiracy theories :]  Anything?

--
Torvalds' goal for Linux is very simple: World Domination
Stallman's goal for GNU is even simpler: Freedom

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"This _is_ a war." Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2014-11-14 11:25 +0200
  Re: "This _is_ a war." RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-14 21:50 +0000
    Re: "This _is_ a war." Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2014-11-14 19:33 -0500
  Re: "This _is_ a war." Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2014-11-15 21:08 +0200

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