From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?RnJhbnRpxaFlayBLdcSNZXJh?= Subject: Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:51:55 +0200 Message-ID: <633088e3-b17a-ee1f-1497-c691fbba7485@frantovo.cz> References: <87ftk4hbhu.fsf@gnu.org> <8eaaa9a2-a5ff-b64a-48bf-954150fecc63@gmail.com> <20191012130631.GJ15371@protected.rcdrun.com> <20191012133829.hep5xrh6blzpldxo@pelzflorian.localdomain> <004bdc31-c191-0459-509c-dcffbda327ab@frantovo.cz> <20191012172207.GV15371@protected.rcdrun.com> <20191012175304.GB20618@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49056) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iJv9b-0000Ym-Sy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 03:52:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iJv9Z-0001bt-JX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 03:52:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: rms@gnu.org Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, fsf-and-gnu@fsf.org, gnu-and-fsf@gnu.org 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 o= r > > 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 =E2=80=93 it shows how differ= ent 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