Dystopian Vision
Uh... you'll recall I was talking about the reasons why there are nutjobs in the Linux community right? My entire "if the DMCA makes the GPL illegal then Linux is doomed" scenario is taken from a "nutjob raving" I've seen posted fairly regularly. Since when did logic ever enter into the equation when dealing with the lunatic fringe, especially when dealing with operating systems?
As my second comment, well you're right -- the chance of the unwashed masses ever drowning out a developers mailing list is very, very small. However, when it reaches the point where developers have to sequester themselves into tiny rooms to hide from the keening of the great clueless throngs of their userbase, you can go ahead and torch that bazaar and build another cathedral, because you've effectively lost the open development model.
