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Comment by neilv | Hacker News Reader

1. By involving Debian prominently in its stunt, is this drawing fire upon Debian?

2. Are the pile of assertions they're making (which sound like legal arguments and stipulations to me) against Debian's interests?

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Debian's interests, whether they know it or not, is for the government not to be able to mandate what features must be present in their open source software. They should be happy to have such a vocal advocate involved in this important fight.

Scene. Ext. Town street. Night. Invader military vehicles patrolling, announcing curfew through loudspeakers.

TEEN: *runs at invaders* Hey, you thugs! You can't make me obey! I support Bob, over there! *points at Bob's house*

THUGS: Grrr! Thugs smash!

BOB: Please! I have done nothing! I don't know who that teen is!

JOE: You should be happy to have such a vocal advocate in this important fight.

NARRATOR: Ironically, Bob and Jane were quietly plotting strategy and tactics for the Resistance. Until they and their children were dragged out into the street that night.

Nice, but in this case the advocate is open and willing to take the heat himself, even encouraging it.

The teen was also sent to the prison camp.

This doesn't meaningfully increase risk to the Debian project, which is already one of the most prominent Linux projects.

The law is absurd. We should not discuss compliance to absurd laws.

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