On Wed, 2019-10-23 at 15:12 -0400, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > I agree. I think in practice many (most?) maintainers not only agree to > uphold the free software values, but also share them. > > In practise, we cannot know -- making the assumption is dangerous. It > also excludes people who still wish to contribute to the GNU project > but have a different set of values.
Which is precisely why we are having this discussion. How can we be sure and how can we support both those who do agree to uphold our values, by assigning roles and delegating responsibilities, and those who just want to contribute. > In either case, discussions about governance should be taken with > RMS, and not here. I also sent my suggestions to rms. But this is a public discussion we should have with all stakeholders. Not just with rms or just with the FSF appointed GNU maintainers and steering committees. The "What is governance and to whom would it extend to in the GNU Project?" thread has more on who the stakeholders are in this discussion. Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss