Alfred M. Szmidt, le jeu. 24 oct. 2019 12:51:35 -0400, a ecrit: > > 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. > > The GNU project is not a porject that is suitable for a bottom-up > organization -- its mission, and only mission, is to see that the GNU > system is and keeps being free software. This has been explained > ample of times.
I don't see how bottom-up cannot get this. How different is this from Debian in that regard for instance? > > 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. > > It has worked for 30 years, No, I have been hearing about issues for 8 years already, i.e. as much time as I have actually been involved in the GNU project. Samuel _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss