Berto 'd Sera wrote:
It's not abstract principles we deal with, it's real facts, as written in permalinks. Thank God nobody can clear the backups, so it will never be a problem to translate the material and let it speak for itself. Anyway, as I told to Francis and John right from the start, it's a BIG mistake to present insulated fragments in such cases. Most people cannot read the original, and as a result in a few minutes you're going to discuss about empty principles, instead of dealing with a naked fact, as it should be.
When you bring this to an international mailing list all we CAN deal with is general principles. I cannot say whether you or your opponents are correct if I cannot read Romanian.
I also strongly believe in the autonomy of each project. That implies that each project must be free to develop its own policies without outside interference. There are nevertheless top level principles which must be followed on all projects. The leadership of the project (the bureaucrats?) need to accept responsibility for this, and for the practical applications of the principles, and the Board needs to avoid micromanaging by taking action only in the most egregious of circumstances.
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