From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Vong Subject: Re: Leaving the guix project Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:35:37 +0800 Message-ID: <87vasabc6u.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59859) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceKLy-00016U-B3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:36:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceKLt-0001O7-Ea for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:36:02 -0500 Received: from mail-pg0-x241.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c05::241]:33647) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceKLt-0001O0-5a for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:35:57 -0500 Received: by mail-pg0-x241.google.com with SMTP id 5so1803424pgj.0 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 03:35:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (David Craven's message of "Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:14:15 +0100") 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: David Craven Cc: guix-devel --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain David Craven writes: > Hello guixers! > > I am very grateful for all the things I could learn during my time > here and all the awesome work that you guys put in. > Thanks for your contribution. Lurking the mailing list, I remember you have put a lot of effort into the kde packages. > But I wish to leave the guix project and that my savannah account be > removed. This is not a decision I make lightly. The reason why I > decided it was time to move on is because I do not wish to be part of > GNU or the FSF. > > I believe that the reason why free software is better and will always > be better than non-free software, is because of all the love and care > that we put in. It's about building cool and awesome stuff. I think > that this is the reason free software has become a viable alternative > to non-free software. > > I also believe that the gnu project has moved away from those core > values and focuses instead on petitioning websites and hardware > manufacturers to release work they have invested a lot of money in > developing, often in very pushy and uncivil ways. Even if they > succeed, I do not really care about this expensive, rushed to market > and badly engineered code. I believe that the free software community > can do much better on it's own. > > I hope you can understand and respect my decision. > I respect your decision. Feel free to contribute to whatever project you feel comfortably contributing to. I hope you can find such project. > David Cheers, Alex --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEdZDkzSn0Cycogr9IxYq4eRf1Ea4FAliljokACgkQxYq4eRf1 Ea5aqQ/8CknNNuDDnGIHAZqBAmX2J3NrXVPWZAGk5gPjFiOzN/ebNqgI8YVAV8rU LdpxyocUcCVTymXvgHuYVT50WcEJ7B25MlGUX3iHMieVp/Y/PEvVgLxQ5t5KzT0n po8K19/4RxQnoHLnpYgZpvl/4cUkWuMNNOSDwi/zm5DfUJbjD61/v+C4FC3nLsIs XqkiG8G7GktX6RRMoBlvbXGRcOczG+tT4NDPLAQvMuR2c3+GjSKxyVDfMDiu2e5n AFRrv4usRCTaNnGBFJ4jQxZ4RdQX0H5D87lMdOj8mIrNvTHPQn0YibJGrOoWS5Tl sZBSDGKRmGhPisZOqOKXw2L5IAJjzWSxjrDiBpk5NbW0GU2F0AvIDZXaq3vFJNc+ dp+AFNZqgWjqhHRpN+6OHzKzZbZizeFXhB1uUTtlunQYTZTmP7RNdqLQMd1Dp9Iw +y2ZyDh29g5p8AfD78b0Q2KfgyRk6jeuHvkVoZrfOxZsL0PmFnk93OEacnQ9BAHt XH83JtXJej8nUsviq8p7/xC7dGxss74qrMtzo2zTTwQtuJ71bskkzjv2N7Rlpwud 7y4Z+7aGuOZB0BEgNOcULSWaFCZ90eWDCEzwaoRdHhfBz5tveln+/lnTkh+qLeFS SLktX4VbY9S9iTNGlIswGDGjtZ3KQvRdigacKftKiSiENLH27Zk= =bETD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--