Speech opportunity.

> if J.Dorsey does not give his talk at FOSDEM, he will give it elsewhere if it is of any value, so nothing important has been lost.

Debate has been lost maybe? A long time ago.

Giving such a "bad guy" the limited space, precious time and honor of a one-way keynote looks bad indeed. On the other hand, it would be very interesting to invite people like him in another type of setting, something like those "fireside" chats: a place where he would be asked difficult questions. Or even a plain interview (does not have to be FOSDEM). Even his fiercest contemptors agree that he has extensive open-source "profiteering" experience. Such an live debate could be much more interesting than him just giving his talk elsewhere and then various echo chambers commenting it. Would he accept? Would "passionate" open source advocates accept to engage with him too?

No, not going to happen either. We all need to stick to our comfort of our existing opinions.

Fighting _individual_ "bad guys" like him is emotional and immature. As long as he has not done anything illegal, what needs to be fought is the _system_ that allows people like him, not the persons themselves. And who knows that system better than the people exploiting it the "best"? In other words, we need _more_ billionaires questioning why their tax rate is "lower than their secretary's" and we certainly need to engage with them. They have a lot to share.