On 2019/06/29 11:50:38, Sam Ruby <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 4:05 AM Dirk-Willem van Gulik
A handful of interns for a
> few months as an experiment isn't going to destroy the foundation.
>
> The experiment may fail. Even if it does, we will have learned
> something. We don't do it again, and next time we try something
> different.
>
Simply classifying something as a test, or experiment, and then saying that it
isn’t going to destroy the foundation somehow needs to be justified.
Here is an example: one core principle I have with my wife Eileen is that I
will be faithful. If I then say that I want to have a little fling with
someone, just a little one night stand, as an experiment, and c’mon it’s not
going to destroy our marriage, do you think I’d have a shot??
Apples and oranges? Maybe. But tell me, what are guiding principles, what are
core tenets, for anyway? Did we allow Sun to get away with a little experiment
where FOU restrictions were allowed? No. We held to our guns. Some may see that
as stifling. I see it as earning and warranting respect. The ASF stands for
something. Personally, I think that is a virtuous thing that should be
protected.
