Fully agreed with Andreas. We try to make the world a better, more free place by developing QGIS with a free and open source licence, let's stick to this and welcome any contribution. Cheers.
Il 24/02/22 13:29, Andreas Neumann ha scritto: > Dear Markus, > > This is a really difficult topic that you raise here. While I agree that > the aggression from the Putin regime should be condemned, I am against > excluding Russian QGIS contributors and sustaining members. If we start > excluding countries and organizations on such assumptions - where do we > draw the line? The majority of today's world population unfortunately > has to live in problematic conditions, when it concerns democracy and > dictators. Also - where should be draw the line on what is ethical use > of QGIS and what not? Is oil exploration utilizing QGIS software > allowed, as an example? > > As the current QGIS.ORG <http://QGIS.ORG> treasurer I can say that we > had a sustaining member from Russia last year - there is no indication > that this company is collaborating with the Putin government - though it > is of course a bit hard to judge - of course - for outsiders. > > The vast majority of the Russian population is probably suffering from > Putin's politics - my guess is that the majority of the Russian > population would like to live in peace and prosperity and not be > involved in such war and aggression. But do they have a real choice? > Fair elections? I doubt it ... In that sense I am against excluding > Russian QGIS users and contributors based on these events. > > We also have QGIS contributors from Ukraine who are now affected by this > aggression - let's be supportive when there could be Ukrainian refugees > in the coming months - and let's hope that this situation can soon be > deescalated. > > Greetings, > Andreas > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 10:09, landcons...@freenet.de > <mailto:landcons...@freenet.de> <landcons...@freenet.de > <mailto:landcons...@freenet.de>> wrote: > > Dear List, > > like all free people in the world I totally condemn the Russian > invasion in Ukraine this morning. This is an attack on the free > world and especially on Europe and on all values of freedom which we > all represent in a global, peaceful open source community. > > - So, what can each individual do to defend this freedom? > - What can the QGIS community do? > - How can we be sure, that the know-how we develop will not be used > for Russian military purposes against the Ukraine? > > The invasion was confirmed by the Duma, the Russian parliament which > is the representative body of the Russian people. Consequently the > Russian population bears responsibility for the invasion and we > should led them know, that military force against an independent, > free and democratic European country goes against all the values > we stand for in the open source community. > > The least we can do is starting to think about a boycott of Russian > products and Russian co-operations to express our opinion to all > Russian companies and partners we know. Finally its up to the > ordinary Russian man to change this unbearable situation which is > becoming a permanent threat to free Europe. > > With this respect the QGIS developer community should also think > about excluding Russian partners and sponsors from all QGIS > activities as long as Russian troops are in the Ukraine. > > I think, the values of freedom we stand for, is the highest good we > must defend! > > How do you think about it? > > Very concerned greeting. > > Markus Weidenbach > landConsult.de > Bühl/Germany > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user> > > > > -- > > -- > Andreas Neumann > QGIS.ORG <http://QGIS.ORG> board member (treasurer) > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user -- Paolo Cavallini www.faunalia.eu - QGIS.org training, support, development on QGIS, PostGIS and more _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user