Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> >> >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> >> > "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: >> >> > [...] >> >> >> >From offical dutites, yes, because Thomas went against the policies of >> >> >> the GNU project (outright refusing to use the GFDL in a GNU project >> >> > >> >> > Interesting. So much about GNU freedom of speech. >> >> >> >> As the maintainer of a GNU project, one is responsible for >> >> implementing the GNU policies. That's not a matter of freedom of >> > ^ >> > | >> > Grand-Imperator's ----+ (aka GNU President) >> >> Of course the president of the FSF sets the policies of the GNU >> project he initiated and is in charge of. That's nothing to be >> surprised about. > > Really? While US President has the power to veto decisions (except > constitutional amendments) made by Congress, the Congress has the > power to negate presidential vetos (2/3 majority vote).
You'll find that the charter of the FSF (and pretty much every organization) differs from the constitution of the US. >> > And what exactly did Bushnell failed to implement apart from voicing >> > dissent regarding (un)freeness of the GFDL? >> >> Your reading comprehension seems to be impaired. It was not a problem >> of "voicing dissent" with the documentation policies, but rather of >> failing to implement them in a project where he was in the officially >> appointed position for doing so. > > And what did he failed to implement? Care to provide an example of > his refusal to adhere in *implementing* something? Your reading comprehension _really_ is impaired. He refused to change the license of Hurd documentation to the GFDL as prescribed by FSF policies. Since the whole point of a GNU project maintainer is to oversee the implementation of the GNU project policies, this made it necessary to look for another maintainer. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss