Dmitry Gutov, le mar. 25 févr. 2020 01:44:02 +0200, a ecrit: > On 20.02.2020 15:45, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > > The activity by itself, yes, but the choice of where to start a new > > > > project, or starting contributing an existing project, leadership does > > > > have a lot of importance. > > > > > > What kind of choice? Contributors come and go, largely depending on their > > > own needs and interests. > > > > Yes, but also, and I believe most likely, depending on their knowledge > > of project places (github vs gitlabs vs savannah) and the contact they > > get with the people there. The GNU project is less and less known > > compared to other free software platforms, so it'll get less and less > > newcomers. > > That is a problem. But one that wouldn't be solved simply by the > leadership's say-so. GNU is usually all volunteers, and if existing > developers don't accept the new project management platform, they won't use > it.
As I mentioned in another mail, I am not talking about the software running the platform, but the community around the platform. It's the contact they get from the community living on a given platform, which makes the welcoming atmosphere. And there leadership does matter. > Regarding punishing repeat offenders anyway, as we've seen just recently, > you can't censor a determined individual on a public mailing list anyway. > Limit their audience, sure, but banning them outright seems impossible. That does not mean we can't write that we at least try to do it. > If we declare that all of GNU should share a certain set of values, and > especially that maintainers must share the free software values, whatever it > really means in practice, *that* sounds exclusionary already. Did you really read what was actually written on https://wiki.gnu.tools/gnu:social-contract ? It does not talk about the values that contributors hold for themselves, it talks about the values put in the software of the GNU project: “ The GNU Project provides software that guarantees to all users the Four Essential Freedoms, without compromise: ” etc. It does not talk about exclusively using free software etc. Samuel
