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On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 06:24:40 +0100, Anton Khirnov wrote:

> Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2024-12-23 21:37:32)
> > If i stand by and do nothing, THAT would be abusing of my power  
> 
> Behold, the favorite excuse of every tin-pot dictator ever.
> 
> So boiling down your verbal vomit, I get
> 
>     Yes, your democracy IS just pretend and I - the person who
> 
>     * tries very very hard to avoid as much human contact as possible
>     * oversaw one of the most toxic FOSS communities for close
>       to 25 years
>     * through heavy-handed authoritarianism directly caused one of the
>       most notorious forks in FOSS history
> 
>     really do know better than everyone else how to run a community.
> 
> 
> To that I say:
> * you are delusional, as you are the source or enabler of all the
>   toxicity
> * Libav had NONE of these problems (not saying it was perfect - it did
>   have other problems, but not these)
> * there is no hope for this project as long as you continue to hold the
>   reins and I've wasted enough of my life on it.
> 

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