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Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project
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František Kučera |
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Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project |
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Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:51:55 +0200 |
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Dne 14. 10. 19 v 3:44 Richard Stallman napsal(a):
> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
> > GNU and free software philosophy is not made to exclude any women or
> > any men, in fact it does not relate to any other politics but free
> > software politics. GNU project is apolitical and shall stay so for a
> > good reason.
>
> > The only politics for GNU is free software politics.
>
> This is exactly correct. Most of us have political views about other
> issues, but in connection with GNU we should not go further than hint
> at them -- not argue for them, let alone propose that the GNU Project
> endorse them. Use your own non-GNU site to present your politics --
> as I do.
>
> I speak for the GNU Project as its head. That doesn't mean I speak
> for GNU Project participants. You don't have to agree with the GNU
> Project's free software principles, its goals or its policies to
> participate in the GNU Project. All that is required is to act in
> accord with them in your work on GNU.
>
I totally agree. And this is one of reasons why I love and support free
software:
One of the things I appreciate about free software is that it brings
people from various (social, political, cultural etc.) groups together
and learns them how to cooperate. For example: One might be a communist,
another one might be a libertarian. They can hate each other. Or they
can collaborate on free software development. What is better? This is a
great positive side-effect of free software – it shows how different
people can cooperate in a peaceful way, it makes people better.
We can have various political or other opinions, but in FSF/GNU we
should focus on our common goal which is the free software. It is a
great goal in itself and it makes the world better even without any
other politics.
Franta
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, (continued)
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, Jean Louis, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, P, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, Jean Louis, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, P, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, František Kučera, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz), 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, Richard Stallman, 2019/10/13
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project,
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- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, Jean Louis, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, Eric Myhre, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, Jean Louis, 2019/10/12
- Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project, Ingo Ruhnke, 2019/10/13
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