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Agreed. He could have tried and likely succeeded, legally. But there would have been a big fight, destroying Gentoo in the process, and the remains would have been worth the trouble. Gentoo would have ended up little more than a footnote, much as Zynot did. I think he realized that, and that it was one of the reasons he backed off as quickly as he did. After all, whether he's fully satisfied with what Gentoo became or not, it's still his baby and he's proud of it. Agree with how they turned out or not, few dads would deliberately destroy their sons, and that's what Daniel would have been effectively doing had he tried to reassert control. (He did come back to the devel list and as an intended developer for an ill-fated week or so, a few months ago. Had you watched that, you'd know that for better or for worse, were he to force his way back, it would have split Gentoo and effectively been the end of it. The current devs are just too independent to come back under a "benevolent dictator", whoever it may be. There's no doubt in my mind there'd be no quicker way to kill Gentoo, and that that's exactly what it would do.)

Duncan

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