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[Vittorio Giovara]

On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 11:46 AM Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> Hi Anton
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 06:24:40AM +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.
>
> If the democracy is just pretend, then above all, you certainly will
> agree that my SDR code would have been pushed to git master.
> It was not.
>

OH MY GOD, you are not bringing this up again! Ever heard of the expression
"the exception that proves the rule"? Think how much community outlash it
received and how much effort it took from EVERYONE to prevent you from
doing something NOBODY wanted.

You should really drop the "it's totally a democracy, except I can do what
I like" stance you have. Repeat after me

👏it's👏not👏a👏democracy👏if👏I👏can👏be👏judge👏jury👏and👏executioner👏

You are not him, and never will be.
-- 
Vittorio