Re: A GNU “social contract”?

2020-01-07 Thread Jean Louis
* Andreas Enge [2020-01-04 10:01]: > Hello Mark, > > On Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 01:42:13PM +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: > > > Mark Wielaard skribis: > > > > Yes, I believe we are nitpicking at this point. And we do seem to > > > > agree. But if we are nitpicking anyway, then I would keep it short

Re: GNU - Principles and Guidelines

2020-01-07 Thread Jean Louis
Dear DJ Delorie, There could be some misunderstandings of your message. You have clarified it, thank you. * DJ Delorie [2020-01-04 06:48]: > > making, in my personal opinion and based on the Massachusets laws > > where FSF was incorporated, RMS could insist on the influence or > > policies of

Re: A summary of some open discussions

2020-01-07 Thread Thompson, David
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 2:35 PM Andy Wingo wrote: > > On Mon 06 Jan 2020 15:05, Brandon Invergo writes: > > > Ludovic Courtès writes: > > > >> As a side note: I think authority is not something one should take for > >> granted. We’re a group of volunteers, and each one of us has just as > >>

Re: Proposals for the new GNU/FSF relationship

2020-01-07 Thread Thompson, David
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:33 AM Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > While I don't speak for or on behalf of the GNU project, I do > understand the current structure well enough such that I can speak > about it. As has been backed up by several people that do speak on > behalf of the GNU project. > > As

Re: A summary of some open discussions

2020-01-07 Thread Dora Scilipoti
> Since Brandon was delegated by the FSF president to > appoint new (co-)maintainers [...] Correction: Brandon Invergo was delegated by Richard Stallman wearing his Chief GNUisance hat, not as president of the FSF. -- Dora Scilipoti GNU Education Team gnu.org/education

Re: Proposals for the new GNU/FSF relationship

2020-01-07 Thread Siddhesh Poyarekar
On 27/12/19 10:30 pm, Jean Louis wrote: > * Mark Wielaard [2019-12-27 10:40]: >> As volunteers for the GNU Project we are happy that the FSF provides GNU >> with services like fiscal sponsorship, technical infrastructure, >> promotion, copyright assignment, and volunteer management. And we note