* Richard Stallman <[email protected]> [2021-04-13 07:52]: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > Yes, and I don't think you have defined well what you mean there with > > "communication". Almost all software does this or other communication, > > and all server software also does computations, definition is still > > vague there. > > I think it is defined well enough for practical purposes. The purpose > of the Telegram server is to enable each user to communicate with > other users.
That is however, not the only purpose and we discuss it from viewpoint of decision making to include packages in FSF endorsed distribution. Real purpose of Telegram company is to profit, which is alright, but they profit in unethical manner by exploiting the loophole to provide free software client (A) GPL licensed that interacts with proprietary server (B) thus creating vendor lock-in and enabling centralization. It is not just communicating with each other, but communicating solely within the centralized network. Jean
