Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?> the headache of it all dissolves in forgiveness

2022-03-02 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] I'd like to ask everyone posting in this discussion to take another look at

Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?> the headache of it all dissolves in forgiveness

2022-03-02 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > backpaddle i shall not. apologise is a different thing. > i spoke my mind. my

All this hot air about Russia...

2022-03-02 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
No allowing xyz to use Free Software seems totally besides the point. How about Political Software? * Governments have horrible monopoly power - Ukrainian men to allowed to leave country? Russian Conscripts? Where is the list of such outrageous practices? * How do the Russian demands compare

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-02 Thread Jean Louis
* Jean-Christophe Helary [2022-03-02 19:29]: > Wow, the discussion level here is beyond what I would imagine be > possible on the list of a respectable group like the FSF. I'm off. I am sorry for that. And I agree to it. Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns:

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-02 Thread Valessio Brito
Owww!! Great! This sounds like great achievements for the Free Software community and also for the FSF. Thank you John S. for his long work and collaboration with the FSF; Zoë may all your spirit of collaboration and especially respect for freedom and diversity, be the stage for the Free

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-02 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
Wow, the discussion level here is beyond what I would imagine be possible on the list of a respectable group like the FSF. I'm off. > On Mar 3, 2022, at 0:35, Jacob Hrbek wrote: > > Is she actually a real person? > > I though that was an inside joke in FSF as none relevant i know ever saw her

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-02 Thread Jacob Hrbek
was i disrespectable? If so my apologies On 3/2/22 16:46, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: Wow, the discussion level here is beyond what I would imagine be possible on the list of a respectable group like the FSF. I'm off. On Mar 3, 2022, at 0:35, Jacob Hrbek wrote: Is she actually a real

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-02 Thread Jacob Hrbek
Is she actually a real person? I though that was an inside joke in FSF as none relevant i know ever saw her irl nor saw her to do anything in Free Software and when you ask people about her they treat you like an idiot O.o On 3/2/22 01:50, Adrien Bourmault via libreplanet-discuss wrote: Le

Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?

2022-03-02 Thread Jean Louis
* Aaron Wolf [2022-03-01 19:21]: > That said, Devin didn't take sides in any sense or say anything > inappropriate on behalf of the FSF. The only intention of his message was to > say essentially, "FSF will comply with any legal requirements imposed on it" > without even suggesting that any legal

Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?> the headache of it all dissolves in forgiveness

2022-03-02 Thread Jean Louis
* Valentino Giudice [2022-03-02 09:19]: > > when Devin answers with: " 'what' the FSF ... ", that 'what' makes me > > think that there is something going on > > Stop right there. > Devin is only responsible for what he writes, not for what you > think. It is not simple like that Valentino.

Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?> the headache of it all dissolves in forgiveness

2022-03-02 Thread gregor
hello, thank you for taking the time for fencing my blabberings. tried as i could, it was best i could do (write) what you are saying makes a lot of sense. i need to read it few times more (to let it sip through the thickness of my bone) i didn't have the oportunity, have not received any

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-02 Thread Adrien Bourmault via libreplanet-discuss
Le 1 mars 2022 21:32:35 GMT+01:00, Greg Farough a écrit : >Hi, all, > >We have some news to share, which is that Zoë Kooyman has been >appointed our new executive director. I hope that you'll all join me >in welcoming her, and in thanking John S. for so many years with us. >:) >

Re: Announcing Zoë Kooyman as our new executive director

2022-03-02 Thread Jorge P. de Morais Neto via libreplanet-discuss
Hi, Em [2022-03-01 ter 15:32:35-0500], Greg Farough escreveu: > We have some news to share, which is that Zoë Kooyman has been > appointed our new executive director. I hope that you'll all join me > in welcoming her, and in thanking John S. for so many years with us. Congratulations Zoë!