From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Leaving the guix project Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:40:53 -0500 Message-ID: <20170216014053.GA15288@jasmine> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35268) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceB4D-0004D5-Cw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:41:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceB49-0005rq-9N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:41:05 -0500 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:46410) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceB49-0005rG-42 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:41:01 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 01:14:15AM +0100, David Craven wrote: > Hello guixers! >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > I hope you can understand and respect my decision. >=20 > David Hi David, Your contributions to GNU Guix have been valuable, and I'm sorry to see you go. I wish you good luck with whatever you decide to do! Sincerely, Leo --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEsFFZSPHn08G5gDigJkb6MLrKfwgFAlilAyEACgkQJkb6MLrK fwjgUA//bNfXPFIuOAiMNEV7AdQllDN1ubtgwT1LcjU0HY0qHK/5MM9woZMeDYks 4x6bUUKjxg9RDyofZpfaJbupTBrYEmHFOnmdrR89FXr0EVWZlSwrCmf9NqUu+emN Qx1YDsGmpgGs6R+mijqftEQQMzz9ri9YKL7MXvwv40SymallHgl4/f2oyWoOCzuQ mDFy0TxfjuU3q/RzyOAkhF2I3VpwMVPFqU0hi1LG+eJ6yzsdpXRssrccafmPn2Gv 1AYsxQRkTys3yOEoA2Rh40LY2uxDwvtHlTAA6/CV4586xNXKSR5ZSdVAXUtdBiHa z6zgm3XaKi/n0uOaJDEVFoiwWJifXZG5uFpJHQtgdIsAcimHQhpXFheUGn2Wdkoa N+/VC5a9Hl8A0u1LVq1eTFS5vFR/xod9zXvyZxDyY00d+GcwfXfAmjjhwo1tEGfe CdWWLaEh4MFcfyUQ/FSVLHW13hE+ja07lpmJ/koMbNk+z6el/gaviZ8X34gcRNFj xNRS7mqo9yADxriolIMrq+G6gLfOYhg+EF+LZJ6tP3qoCiV6/uDlJ+bgX/s5tQDY vRd09oR55aXvUE73dgsjOhI/wH9EgQW4HtacAIEFudnBmqF8Pp6Ttw1AeBbG/HSj 0Bur83wmD2myNOTm8TSe5vv/LmTd01UZMaJ/t6KI/BG4kWuI08A= =OY1M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs--