I think you should grow up and have a bit of respect to the others.
Cheers, Mauricio On 2016-04-18 18:05, Joe Awni wrote: > Thinking my candidacy can be flushed away with a torrent of legal mumbo-jumbo > emails messages? > > The Free Software movement is not some soft white absorbed fabric you can use > to mop up the murky reality and discard when convenient nor is that the > purpose of your country's legal system. > > Please see my original message, preserved for posterity: > https://cryptobiz.directory/pub/document?getDoc=umZPtBk1XI7zGtMJjNygNtM0v4u1IAp46r > [1] > > Do they really think i will swirl down the drain never to be heard from again? > > I cant blame them, more and more independent software developers are killing > themselves or otherwise just deign. Aaron Swartz, Ian Murdock, or very > recently the non-publicized untimely death of my friend Napoleon Kofi ( > http://napoleonkofi.me/ [2] ). I am sure there are other independent software > developers deign right now. Maybe we can wake up in a better world tomorrow, > but with out action today its very unlikely. > > I don't mean to "point fingers" but feel i would be totally remiss if i did > not mention the difficulties which i have faced to get my message of > candidacy out (especially on IRC [not even sure if they were coders]). And, > want to repeat my request that you please contact me! > > We are not looking to the FSFE for more of the same with emphasis on MORE and > SAME; more similarly held elections are not the answer! > > Ask yourself, at any given moment, who is representing the ideals free > software community? Guys in an office in Berlin or someone making GNUBurgers > at FOSS events? > > On 18 April 2016 at 11:24, Joe Awni <[email protected]> wrote: > > Frankly, It's not possible for you to say the donors are "feeling quite good" > about this (unless you are talking about a rather small sub-set of donors > that do not represent independent software developers) for example, I > donated, and i wish there was more than one candidate. > > Erik, No disrespect, you know me, and you know the struggle independent Free > Software developers face. Sure, most people know about Linux and Firefox, but > beyond that are totally clueless. Almost none seem to be aware of the fact > larger open source projects regularly port other projects' unique features to > their own platform thereby depriving other developers of users and potential > donors. > > Companies that make their profit from being known as the kings of open source > think it's a good thing as they leave the rest of us out. I'm not kidding, > while the Mozilla team was being wined and dined in Brussels after FOSDEM, i > was getting beat-up and mugged half a block from the university after eating > falafel and french fries. > > So, NO - your donors do not feel quite good (unless you mean the mega-corps). > > On 18 April 2016 at 10:37, Max Mehl <[email protected]> wrote: > # Joe Awni [18.04.2016 @ 16:17]: >> How do you think donors would feel that you spend time and energy to >> offer an empty election? > > I am positive they feel quite good since we comply with applicable laws > and our own constitution. That's nothing I would like to see changed. > > Please feel invited to join our Fellowship and apply for next year's > Fellowship elections as soon as the candidature phase is opened. We are > happy about each and every applicant. > > Best, > Max > > -- > Max Mehl - FSFE Germany Coordinator - https://fsfe.org [3] > Further contact information on www.fsfe.org/about/mehl [4] > Private blog: blog.mehl.mx [5] | Private homepage: mehl.mx [6] > Your donation enables our work: http://fsfe.org/donate [7] _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion [8] Links: ------ [1] https://cryptobiz.directory/pub/document?getDoc=umZPtBk1XI7zGtMJjNygNtM0v4u1IAp46r [2] http://napoleonkofi.me/ [3] https://fsfe.org [4] http://www.fsfe.org/about/mehl [5] http://blog.mehl.mx [6] http://mehl.mx [7] http://fsfe.org/donate [8] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
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