Those are the legalities.
Human beings exist outside the law. We are not perfect. This is why we
need to be vigilant, to make sure that the movement is never
corrupted.
This smear campaign against RMS is deeply troubling. Most people are
not involved with free software activism; at most,
While I agree *completely* with the concern, the Linux Foundation is a
501(c)(6) with a stated mandate to serve the *business* interests of
companies that use Linux. The FSF as a 501(c)(3) with a social mission
to promote software freedom *is* susceptible to take-over, but it's not
an analogous
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 11:06:36 -0400
Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Linus Torvalds, perhaps, as the next FSF President? :-)
You joke about this, but you should never assume that an organization
won't degrade in such a manner.
For instance, the Linux Foundation and many similar bodies are heavily
We should set up a petition advising the FSF to consider lxo as leader
of the movement.
On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 03:03:39 -0500
Caleb Herbert wrote:
>
>
> On 09/20/2019 11:28 PM, J.B. Nicholson wrote:
>
> > Let's hope the FSF's next president has a commitment to software
> > freedom which
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 23:28:38 -0500
"J.B. Nicholson" wrote:
> Let's hope the FSF's next president has a commitment to software
> freedom which compares favorably to Stallman's commitment. According
> to
> https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/freedom-misc/2019-September/004745.html
> FSF Vice
Linus Torvalds, perhaps, as the next FSF President? :-)
Miles Fidelman
On 9/21/19 12:28 AM, J.B. Nicholson wrote:
Caleb Herbert wrote:
Stallman told me I can best help by becoming a member and being
diligent about making sure they continue to do what they did when
Stallman was still there.
I
On 09/20/2019 11:28 PM, J.B. Nicholson wrote:
> Let's hope the FSF's next president has a commitment to software freedom
> which compares favorably to Stallman's commitment. According to
> https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/freedom-misc/2019-September/004745.html
> FSF Vice President
Caleb Herbert wrote:
Stallman told me I can best help by becoming a member and being
diligent about making sure they continue to do what they did when
Stallman was still there.
I can believe that and (regardless of who said it) I agree with this
advice; the perspective of what we should be
