Hi, You are right, I guess we did over discuss it on the list. I just wanted to make sure people don't confuse it with thinking that the issue was solved.
I apologize for the heated tone, but as someone who always believed opensource (yes not free software) as a unify movement. As someone who saw how people from different nations and religion can work together for a common goal.. Just thinking of the publicity damage it caused, now many people will start thinking about open source as a left movement. Anyhow, it just makes me really sad. Ely On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Shachar Shemesh <s...@hamakor.org.il> wrote: > On 11/07/11 19:06, E L wrote: > > So not only decided to ban Israeli academy. But he also banned > Jewish Israelis and is going to give both lectures for Palestinians? > > Now it's not even political anymore, just plain antisemitic decision on his > side. > I think hamakor should send a protest letter to the FSF. > > Please, let's all calm down and not blow this out of proportions. > > The Palestinian boycott, with which RMS decided (wrongfully, IMO) to abide, > demands that any Israeli institutes that someone speaks at during the same > tour as speaking in Palestinian ones not only are not academic themselves, > but actively declare their support for the Palestinian boycott. Yes, this is > an anti-free speech demand, but since the original boycott is already the > worst kind of anti-free speech, I can't say how this worse. > > Once that demand was made, RMS's only option (aside from refusing the trip, > which, right though it would be, he already chose not to) is to only go with > Israeli institutes that declare their support for the academic boycott. I > don't know whether the Haifa one did, but the one in Jaffa did ( > http://room404.net/?p=42969). I can assume the Haifa one made a similar > statement. For obvious reasons, few mainly Jewish organizations would make > such a statement. > > So, not antisemitism. Just stupidity. willful ignorance and lack of > consistent principles. Since these are the same stupidity, willful ignorance > and lack of consistent principles that were already discussed to death, here > and elsewhere, I suggest we avoid going (this time around) and leave it at > that. > > Shachar > > > Ban RMS EULA! > > Ely > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Guy Sheffer <guysof...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Please forward this around >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Richard Stallman <r...@gnu.org> >> To: Guy Sheffer <guys...@gmail.com> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:19:47 -0400 >> Subject: Talks in Israel >> I will give two talks in Israel. Please spread the word. >> >> Haifa: >> Copyright vs Community in the Age of the Computer Networks >> July 21 at 5pm (sharp). >> Baladna Youth Club >> Zion Street 3-A >> Haifa >> >> Tel Aviv area: >> For a Free Digital Society >> July 22, 15:00 >> Al Saraya Theater >> Mifratz Shlomo St. 10 (near the hamam) >> Ancient Jaffa >> >> -- >> Dr Richard Stallman >> President, Free Software Foundation >> 51 Franklin St >> Boston MA 02110 >> USA >> www.fsf.org www.gnu.org >> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. >> Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discussions mailing list >> Discussions@hamakor.org.il >> http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing > listdiscussi...@hamakor.org.ilhttp://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions > > > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.http://www.lingnu.com > >
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