[Freedombox-discuss] need for concensus or not

paxcoder paxcoder at gmail.com
Sun Oct 10 11:40:51 UTC 2010


On 10/10/2010 03:19 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 08:15:48PM +0200, paxcoder wrote:
>> Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 03:23:23PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>>>> If we were hired in a company to reach a common goal, then yes, it 
>>>>> really would make sense for us to agree ahead on what that common 
>>>>> goal was.
>>>>
>>>> Well, compare with the debian project : it's not a company, but its 
>>>> dev do have common goals.
>>>
>>> Do we? What are those? Seriously.
>>>
>>> My impression is we have common vision, but not common goals - and 
>>> that this is a core principle for us and a reason our community is 
>>> so alive.
>>>
>>
>> http://release.debian.org/squeeze/goals.txt
>
> Ah, yes.  Release goals, not development goals: Not defined prior to 
> starting development, but during.

Yes, you've got me there. Because Debian is a "free", "universal 
operating system". Well played. Of no use to anyone, but well played.
FreedomBox - a project for building whatever.



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