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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>, Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Leaving Freenode behind
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:39:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-b3c30000-9f61-4ed0-baba-c5aa93024168-1624343985194@3c-app-mailcom-bs06> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=XNPcUEtVrFrSsD=q6PC755UoB8LftdhOOGVLPG3HsvA@mail.gmail.com>


It is unfortunate to think that the moment one markets something,
then it is corrupt.  There is nothing wrong with a business or an
industry.  Business means that something that someone needs, someone
decides to provide.  As long as it is a legitimate business and people
are paying their taxes.  Of course for a cost, because if it needs to be
sustained, there has to be a cost.  

Till people give up this attitude, free software will not spread
across.  Free software must go to every village if the urban people
pay for it.  That is my mission and I will take it there.



> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 4:35 PM
> From: "Stefan Kangas" <stefan@marxist.se>
> To: "Richard Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: "Emacs developers" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Leaving Freenode behind
>
> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > I do have to correct one detail.  Libera is a company, so the term
> > "community-run" might be misleading.
> 
> This is incorrect, as far as I can tell.
> 
> Libera is, according to themselves: "a Swedish nonprofit organisation
> with organisation number 802535-6448, feel free to read our
> bylaws".[1]
> 
> Looking up the Swedish organization LIBERA CHAT registered with that
> number, it is an "ideell förening" (roughly: "volunteer driven
> association", or "non-profit" in English), which is most definitely
> not a company.  It is subject to all the normal regulations you would
> expect for a non-profit: no one can "own" or "sell" it, it is
> controlled by its annual general meeting, etc.
> 
> Footnotes:
> [1] https://libera.chat/about
> 
>



  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-22  6:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-21 20:24 Leaving Freenode behind Stefan Kangas
2021-06-21 20:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-04  5:27   ` Amin Bandali
2021-06-21 23:38 ` Jean Louis
2021-06-22  0:06 ` Richard Stallman
2021-06-22  4:35   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-06-22  6:39     ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2021-06-22 20:48       ` Jean Louis
2021-06-22 21:09         ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-23  5:28           ` Jean Louis
2021-06-23 20:13             ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-23 21:03               ` Jean Louis
2021-06-23 23:26                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-06-24  5:12                   ` Jean Louis
2021-06-22 20:43     ` Jean Louis
2021-06-24  0:53     ` Richard Stallman

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