Re: [PROPOSAL] Open Source certification

Anthony Towns writes:
> The whole point of having an open organisation is that anyone can
> help. You only get to use the `So do it yourself' excuse if we *can*
> do it ourselves, and the only way we can do that -- the only way we'd
> *want* to do that -- is if you're an open organisation.

Who was ever stopping you from contributing?

> > > Admitting your mistakes, your bugs, your design flaws, whatever is a key
> > > element of free software development.
> > You are absolutely right. That is how hackers do things. It's
> > completely lacking in a business environment. If we were to be seen
> > as hackers, we would get the same regard that hackers have always
> > gotten: zero.
>
> You keep repeating this assertion, and I keep being unimpressed by it.

I know.

> The idea here is to get suits to join the hacker culture, at least to some
> extend. Giving up on important bits of it just because they might frown
> a little at you isn't the way to go.

And who is doing that? Not us.

> > The way free software people respond to feature requests is "send code."
>
> So may we? Can I take this as a real offer, and forward it to the folks at
> debian-legal so we can do this?

Who was ever stopping you?

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