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You may have recently received an email asking you to review a
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it. It does not entirely accord with the GNU Project's views. It wa
On 2020-02-03 07:28, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
The second sentence says: "The GNU Project provides a software
system..."
The word "system" is both too vague and too all-encompassing; it sounds
as
It's just missing "operating" in front of it.
if it wants to be a single, massive block of softwar
This is very relevant to discussions about a Code of Conduct
The acid attack is also an interesting metaphor for what people have
done to RMS, the attempts to associate him with villains, etc
https://debian.community/codes-of-conduct-and-hypocrisy/
"Most people don't object to codes of conduct
Hello everybody,
please forgive my innocence, but I have a few questions that I'd want
to see answered.
1) Who (names) wrote and proposed this 'Covenant Code of Conduct'?
2) Who (names again please) are meant with "Community leaders" in
said document?
3) What is the current and past role of th
Hi Benno,
The idea of a social contract, or any document that would require GNU
maintainers or volunteers to agree to a set of philosophical points
has already been dismissed. Those that have created this wiki page
don't represent the GNU project, or have a mandate to decide.