From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Craven Subject: Leaving the guix project Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:14:15 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43753) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce9iH-0004ba-4f for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:14:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce9iD-0003N2-6t for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:14:21 -0500 Received: from mail-qt0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::231]:34362) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ce9iD-0003L9-0z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:14:17 -0500 Received: by mail-qt0-x231.google.com with SMTP id w20so1919173qtb.1 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:14:16 -0800 (PST) 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: guix-devel 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. 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. David