Matthew Garrett

The example used is revealing; essentially you argue we want to hold FOSS community leaders to the same standards as politicians. Don't most of us in the community agree that the political system is broken? (Perhaps not.) Perhaps this necessity to be 'on-message', and the ensuing duality this creates in leaders, is the *reason* why so many people feel disenchanted by the mainstream political system. And now we want to introduce this same pattern to the FOSS world, under the guise of protecting social equality: and watch as capitalism perpetuates itself.