Re: Democratic Leadership (was: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?)

[Richard Stallman]

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  > This is rather off-topic; but as it's such a common misconception, I'd
  > like to point out that democracy is only important for your freedom in
  > domains where everyone *has* to live with the government's decisions.

  > In the Free Software world on the other hand, it is generally quite
  > feasible simply to move elsewhere if you don't like some project's
  > decisions -- so there is no need for you to have an obligatory say in
  > any particular project.

Exactly.  That is why we don't need a democratic structure in
the GNU Project.

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