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posted by LaminatorX on Saturday November 08 2014, @11:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the resignationd dept.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/11/msg00174.html

Joey Hess has apparently left Debian after 18 years, stating that the Debian Constitution is leading Debian in "very unhealthy directions".

 
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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Saturday November 08 2014, @10:45PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Saturday November 08 2014, @10:45PM (#114136)

    For the same reason that Mozilla "had to" fire that CEO guy who had made anti-homosexuality statements in the past, apparently.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 08 2014, @10:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 08 2014, @10:59PM (#114142)

    They obviously had to fire him. He dared to engage in free expression. Hipsters, like those that make up Mozilla and so much of the web development community these days, tend to consider freedom to be completely unacceptable. Somebody's feelings might get hurt!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 09 2014, @02:04AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 09 2014, @02:04AM (#114181)

      Well, I honestly didn't give a flying fuck what he thought, but it was the idea that advertising was going to be moved into the UI for Firefox that made me jump ship. I'm now using Midori under Linux (for its warts) and Palemoon for Windows. Stating an opinion I don't like? Meh, ok. I've grown a bit since I was in elementary school. Using money to lobby against legislation that would make things better for folks like me? Ahhh, ummm, ok, whatever. Being in a position to receive additional funding because there's advertising in a program I use? Eh, no, sorry, jump ship.

      (Granted, I don't think this has actually materialized, but I wouldn't know since I haven't used Firefox in many moons.)