Discussion on voting systems

[Seb Ruiz]

2009/1/19 Leo Franchi <lfranchi at kde.org>:
> On 18 Jan 2009, at 04:39, Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>
> 1)
> I came up with the more complex voting system to bring a component of
> meritocracy into the system. That was my intention. Whether my scheme
> is suitable for this or not is another question.
>
> 2)
> I do believe that democracy is an unsuitable model for FOSS
> development. I currently see meritocracy as the most promising model.
> Also I believe that there are merits to the "benevolent dictator"
> model of e.g. Linux and Python. Whether we have such a person fit for
> this position is another question.
>
> Ok. For approximately the 10th time, i'm going to repeat again:
> We are not a meritocracy. Whether or not a voter has 1 vote or 2, we are not
> a meritocracy.

The Amarok project certainly is a meritocracy, from a development
point of view. It would be unwise and naive, in my opinion, to elect
members of a board based on these criteria, however.

> meritocracy |ˌmeriˈtäkrəsē|noun ( pl. -cies)government or the holding of
> power by people selected on the basis of their ability.
> We already select people based on their ability, as they have to get voted
> in in order to get any sort of say.
> leo
>
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