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| DATE | 2020-02-13 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [rms@gnu.org: What's GNU -- and what's not]
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On 2/8/20 6:48 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> 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.
>
It is like any other reasonable enterprise. You don't need to have a
sworn oath of loyalty to participate in the GNU project and you are
never prosecuted for thought crimes....
Something the peashooters here are insisting on. Furthermore, they have
this grand idea that they will attack social justice causes outside the
purview of GNUs contract with its userbase, with such activities as
affirmative action, and using GNUs PR mechanisms... which is COMPLETELY
INAPPROPRIATE.
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that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
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