Dear Even,
when I was a child, the priest in our parish used to say that everything we do
in life is political. I am not certain such direct confrontation is the best
way to dissuade regular folk from voting for autocratic movements, but doing
something is certainly better than doing nothing. The SpatiaLite project, for
instance, is taking things even further [0]. If I am allowed to give advice on
the matter, just be careful not to undermine a project for little influence on
the public discourse.
Take care.
P.S.: as much as I am troubled with the cahos spawned by the US government, to
what open source is concerned, the CRA still appears to me as the greatest
challenge in the coming years.
[0] https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/index.html
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On Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 19:17, Even Rouault via Discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've started an activist campaign of open source projects want to join the
> protest against the US government stupid, cruel and dangerous politics that
> affect the whole world ?
>
> I've initiated the move with GDAL (https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11865 ,
> with follow ups in https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11875,
> https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11876,
> https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11877) , and also pushing for PROJ
> (https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/4406) , MapServer
> (https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7233) and GEOS
> (https://github.com/libgeos/geos/pull/1243) .
>
> Anyone else ?
>
> I don't agree that we should stay away from politics. Our projects only make
> sense in the context of a free society, and this freedom is at high stake. We
> have admittedly little power, but we can and should exercise it with the
> tools at our disposal. The addition of small little acts might end up having
> visible consequences.
>
> Even
>
> --
> http://www.spatialys.com
> My software is free, but my time generally not.
> Note to current US government: stop messing with the world!
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