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| DATE | 2020-02-08 |
| FROM | From: "Federico Leva (Nemo)"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [rms@gnu.org: What's GNU -- and what's not]
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I'd like to stress a passage which made me think quite a bit:
> We have never
> pressed contributors to endorse the GNU Project philosophy, or any
> other philosophical views, because people are welcome to contribute to
> GNU regardless of their views.
>
> To change that -- to impose such requirements -- would be radical,
> gratuitous, and divisive,
What holds the project together is indeed something else. One can debate
what qualifies as "views" and whether radical changes are necessary, but
personally I appreciate being reminded to be careful about this point.
I've tried to think of analogues outside the usual communities we
usually have in mind. In my home town there is a refectory run by
Franciscans: I may be mistaken, but if you volunteer there you're not
even asked whether you're a Catholic, let alone asked to join functions
if you don't want. I understand one may consider that a more menial
task, less likely to be influenced by philosophical thoughts than what
one might code in their software, but it's just a comparison, not a model.
Federico
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