Re: Democratic Leadership

[Andreas Enge]

On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 10:34:10AM -0800, Jason Self wrote:
> Andreas Enge said:
> > So software freedom might not need democratic structures to survive,
> > but I believe that the GNU project does.
> The GNU Project's been doing quite well for 30 years, thanks. :)

I have no statistics, but know of at least one active person who has quit the
project due to governance problems in the last few years. I think (of course
I have no proofs for this) that GNU would be healthier with a more democratic
structure.

And the true test for the survival of all paternalistic structures comes
when the father figure leaves it. So past performance is not a guarantee for
future performance.

Andreas