Debian Founder Ian Murdock Has Died (docker.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @07:47AM from the rest-in-peace dept.

Unknown Lamer writes: It has been confirmed that Debian founder Ian Murdock has died. From the Docker blog: "It is with great sadness that we inform you that Ian Murdock passed away on Monday night. This is a tragic loss for his family, for the Docker community, and the broader open source world; we all mourn his passing. ... Ian helped pioneer the notion of a truly open project and community, embracing open design and open contribution; in fact the formative document of the open source movement itself (the Open Source Definition) was originally a Debian position statement. It is a testament to Ian's commitment to openness and community that there are now more than 1,000 people currently involved in Debian development."

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Re:Ian Murdoch was a racist by jargonburn · 2015-12-30 08:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'll bite!
By your own statement, anyone can potentially be racist. For example: would you agree that Barack Obama, current President of the United States of America, qualifies as both privileged and powerful? If you disagree with that, perhaps a clearer definition of what you consider "privilege" and "power" is in order.
Of course, Racism ~= Discrimination
but that's another discussion.
Re:Ian Murdoch was a racist by Anonymous Coward · 2015-12-30 09:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That is one of the most spectacularly stupid things I've ever read. Well done.
Re:Ian Murdoch was a racist by epyT-R · 2015-12-30 09:27 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Sounds like you are a victim of newspeak reeducation. Racism is the use of race as a discriminator either for or against an individual or group.