Re: Re: A Call For Open Governance Of X Development (Egbert Eich)
Paul de Vrieze <[email protected]>
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On Saturday 22 March 2003 23:13, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > One of the problems with voting that is too open is that this > becomes a popularity contest. I believe that most of the community > doesn't have the knowledge necessary to pick the leadership that > is best for the project - they merely know who they LIKE, and they > haven't had enough experience to know who they can actually TRUST. > Also, they're not the people who have to work under this management. > It's people like myself who have to work under this management. > I consider the only viable opensource voting system to be voting by feet. When developers don't like the leadership they can activate it and go either somewhere else or start a fork. If enough people agree, the fork will become bigger than the original project, or the project will bleed to dead. I consider this a very efficient voting mechanism that stems directly from market economies. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Researcher Mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net