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   =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= CARPENTIE to All   
   Re: Google Releases New Open Font   
   21 Dec 25 19:49:25   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: sc@fiat-linux.fr   
      
   Le 21-12-2025, Farley Flud  a écrit :   
   > On 21 Dec 2025 14:52:06 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> There are no "conventions" in GNU/Linux.   
   >>   
   >> There are.   
   >   
   > Conventions = Defaults   
      
   No. There are always defaults, there is no way around, a variable must   
   have a default value. That doesn't mean that lot of people with agree to   
   chose the same defaults. That's the difference between convention and   
   default.   
      
   > Those fascist pigs can eliminate user configurability and thereby   
   > force everyone into a design of their own choosing.   
      
   As you are requesting every user to do the same choices as yours, that   
   makes you a fascist pig?   
      
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