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NixOS Foundation board: Giving power to the community (discourse.nixos.org)
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Eelco has agreed to step down from the NixOS foundation board. Over the next two weeks, a constitutional assembly will be appointed to draft a constitution to democratically govern Nix/NixOS.

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[–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

I would rather have a strong dictatorship focused on technical merit, to be deposed in the future for another dictator, again, based on technical merit.

Normally when I see people say something like this, what they actually mean is "based on technical merit (and also has the right opinions that agree with mine)". The concern is that democracy will produce outcomes they find disagreeable.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Personally I'd rather have a choice of who to follow based on whose opinions align better with my own, instead of everyone being forced to go with the majority... in other words I respect people's freedom to have opinions I do not like, which I think this type of "community power" is in some ways the opposite of that.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Personally I'd rather have a choice of who to follow based on whose opinions align better with my own, instead of everyone being forced to go with the majority...

    NixOS is FOSS. People can freely fork it. Your choice is not being taken away.

    in other words I respect people's freedom to have opinions I do not like, which I think this type of "community power" is in some ways the opposite of that.

    I'm not sure how voting makes it so we can't respect each other's opinions.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I’m not sure how voting makes it so we can’t respect each other’s opinions.

    Typically this is done by adopting a CoC and then adding things to it that you don't like. But I have seen more hostile methods too.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    ... Yes. You will have to behave like a civilized adult. If your opinion is that you shouldn't have to, then you are correct that I do not respect that opinion.

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