MarkTerranova
We shall go on to the end. We shall fight forced logging; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our right to vote - whatever the cost may be;
We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this group or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then people that believe in a volunteer groups *right* to choose it's future, will carry on the struggle until *California* with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of personal liberties.
Churchill sets forth how to not be subjugated
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might.
The short version is-
My local involvement in Ubuntu = logging
I work part time- I have plenty of time to spend on this issue. I have postponed my Ubuntu bonus projects for the time being. Im in this for the long haul. This debate may take a long time. I spent the last 2+ years to help change the Team I love. Yes love. I felt passionately about what I advocated. This issue unlike my actions before is righteous and with moral cause to a fundamental level. Personal liberties are foremost, whether a person or a group. If you cant determine your future, you dont have much left.
Logging is a moral offense to me. If the Team votes for it- that is totally fine- I can shut up then- and this is ALL moot.
It offends my sensibilities. It is against my core belief of one group telling another what to do.
Some about how much time I have spent trying to further the FOSS cause;
Numerous talks at LUGs about Ubuntu-
*Teaching classes, about Ubuntu. * carrying CDs to help recruit people *paying for fliers, materials, and various SWAG to help attract people to the cause
Someone in Cali had planned to have a local Team table at OSCON. Due to work they could not attend. I stepped forward and helped organize it. I arranged for SWAG to be donated to draw folks in. The