Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Z5e7u-0001AH-GT for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:01:22 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bitcoins.info designates 70.90.2.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=70.90.2.18; envelope-from=milly@bitcoins.info; helo=mail.help.org; Received: from mail.help.org ([70.90.2.18]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Z5e7q-0001kP-Ub for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:01:19 +0000 Received: from [10.1.10.25] (B [10.1.10.25]) by mail.help.org with ESMTPA ; Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:01:10 -0400 Message-ID: <5583075D.8060800@bitcoins.info> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:01:01 -0400 From: Milly Bitcoin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bitcoin Dev References: <55828737.6000007@riseup.net> <20150618111407.GA6690@amethyst.visucore.com> <0ede5c200ce70e4d92541dd91749b4ea@riseup.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.1 AWL AWL: Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address X-Headers-End: 1Z5e7q-0001kP-Ub Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Concerns Regarding Threats by a Developer to Remove Commit Access from Other Developers X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:01:24 -0000 >2) Changes to the consensus rules: As others have said, this isn't anyone's decision for anyone else. It's up to each individual user as to what code they run and what rules they enforce. So then why is everyone so up in arms about what Mike and Gavin are proposing if everyone is free to decide for themselves? Because the notion that people are free to decide for themselves is just a rough approximation of the real world situation. If your software does not agree with merchants and exchanges you can't pay your bills and if Bitcoin splits the exchange rate could plummet and damage the ecosystem. People are free to decide within the constraints of the Bitcoin system. Russ