[crossfire] Leaderships(s?) (was Re: Platform statement)

[Lalo Martins]

quoth Nicolas Weeger as of Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:01:13 +0100:
> As you said, this isn't a democracy, and latest discussions (and the
> lack of conclusions) should show that we need someone to actually decide
> when needed

I have never seen a Free or Open Source project that actually reaches 
conclusions in the mailing list on a regular basis.  Still, most do get 
things done.

Also, I haven't said it isn't a democracy.  It is.  What I have said is 
that it isn't a representative democracy.  We don't elect our officials 
and then just sit back and expect things to work.

FOSS is not driven by consensus.  It's driven by "rough consensus".  
There is someone (and I'm saying this in agreement with you, not in 
disagreement) that looks at the discussion in the mailing list, IRC, etc, 
and makes a decision based on that.  Usually, based on what he or she 
believes is the consensus, but sometimes, the leader decides something 
based on his or her own judgement, ignoring what other people said.

> so a gameplay leader, and a content leader, both are needed.

No, sorry, but no.  A gameplay leader and a content leader, both WOULD BE 
NICE.  They're not needed.  Honestly, this would all be good if we had 
people to take all these roles.  But do we?  This leadership discussion 
has been going on for quite a while, and we still don't have someone 
firmly taking the code leadership, which was the first such position to 
be proposed.

What do you *really* want, without fancy discourse?  You want to be 
responsible only for technical coding decisions, and have someone else 
take the heat for everything else?  If that's what it takes to see work 
start getting done, I'm fine with being that person.  And we still have 
Mark, who volunteered to remain as a final-instance arbiter.

best,
                                               Lalo Martins
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