Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> writes: > On 26/04/16 21:59, felix_poss...@openmailbox.org wrote: >> Interesting. >> Of course it would make sense to merge our resources instead of >> building two groups, however, i don't understand, why they were splitting >> from the fsf by founding a eurpean version. >> Thanks for the info. >> > > I don't understand either, I've never asked actually, but FSFE members > have similar interests and do a lot to pursue them. There are many > examples of people forking projects in the free software world (that is > one of the fundamental freedoms we want, isn't it?), so is it really > unusual that anybody would fork or compete with FSF too?
Um, FSFE is not a fork of FSF. They were started in cooperation with us, to focus more on free software work in Europe consistent with FSF strategy and principles. -john -- John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <http://my.fsf.org/join>.
