From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Kost Subject: Re: Leaving the guix project Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:24:05 +0300 Message-ID: <87r32ywnkq.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42789) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceHMG-0005xX-3H for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 03:24:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceHMC-0003Xa-PG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 03:24:08 -0500 Received: from mail-lf0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::232]:33058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ceHMC-0003Wl-Hn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 03:24:04 -0500 Received: by mail-lf0-x232.google.com with SMTP id x1so4598949lff.0 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:24:04 -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 David Craven (2017-02-16 01:14 +0100) wrote: > Hello guixers! Hello David, thank you very much for all the great work you did for Guix! > 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. > > 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. As I see it, contributing to Guix doesn't make you a part of GNU or 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 think the same! > 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 don't understand how these concerns relate to Guix. I look at Guix as at a software project, and I simply don't participate in the general GNU/FSF discussions that raises in guix-devel list sometimes. > I hope you can understand and respect my decision. I don't really understand it, but I respect your decision. You are free to do what seems appropriate to you. Thanks! -- Alex