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| DATE | 2003-02-13 |
| FROM | Richard Stallman
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: a proposed solution
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However, I think the people best able to judge what should be done are
those OS/FS speakers who are currently participating, for it was them that
were misled and put into what seems an already difficult position. It is
them who will ultimately deal with the consequence of the conference, either
as it stands, or the result of any external solution that may be applied.
Let's be most fair to those people, for they were already unfairly used once.
None of our proposed actions criticize these speakers. (I have
written to some asking them to speak out in favor of our cause.) The
only concrete possibility that your words could refer to is
hypothetical inadvertent offense to their feelings, as a side effect.
I don't think that should be our first priority. These speakers are
adults; we need not go around them on tiptoes.
We try to be fair to everyone, but the overall priority is freedom for
the community. There are ethical limits on what we should do--to
anyone--for the sake of the free software movement. But as long as we
stay within them, we should not set aside the freedom of all for
coddling a few.
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