President of OSI responds to SCO's DoS claims [LWN.net]

President of OSI responds to SCO's DoS claims

Posted May 7, 2003 18:48 UTC (Wed) by kalifa (guest, #11045)
Parent article: President of OSI responds to SCO's DoS claims

However ridiculous may SCO's whining be, I am tired of ESR's self-proclaimed role
as a spokesperson for the "community".

Incidentally, I don't think true libertarians can be megalomaniac or control freaks.

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President of OSI responds to SCO's DoS claims

Posted May 7, 2003 19:13 UTC (Wed) by skybunny (guest, #4478) [Link]

I have drafted this statement alone in order to get it out during the current news cycle, but I am in no doubt that other Linux and open-source community leaders will join me in rejecting both SCO's accusation and any use of DoS tactics against SCO or other adversaries.

I'm sorry, but what about the above makes any suggestion that ESR should have no role as a spokesperson for the community? He is (as in, one of many) a community spokesperson, and sent out a press release quickly in the name of damage control and to make a quick rebuttal to SCO's claims. If other spokespeople (heaven knows why they'd support defacing SCO's website) disagree with Eric S. Raymond's point of view here, they can feel free to respond in turn, and will be heard.

Eric S. Raymond is one of several Important People in and around the free software and open source community. What he has to say bears weight, or he wouldn't have bothered making a press release at all. I for one am glad he said what he did, and quickly.

Perhaps you'd prefer a completely decentralized, idealless, and voiceless community, where all the time is spent figuring out who is important enough to defend the community - rather than...actually defending it? That's exactly what SCO would like...