MESSAGE
| DATE | 2020-02-18 |
| FROM | Carlo Wood
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Proposals for the new GNU/FSF relationship
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The author of this mail belongs the following group:
- Ludovic Courtès
- Andreas Enge
- Carlos O’Donell
- Mark Wielaard
- Andy Wingo
They are the ones behind the gnu.tools domain, which
is not affiliated with the GNU project, but do constantly
use the phrase "The GNU Project" in a way that it
appears as if they are speaking on behalf of the GNU
project, which is not the case.
On Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:50:32 +0100
Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Dear FSF,
>
> In response to your call for input regarding the future of the FSF/GNU
> relationship, Mark Wielaard posted proposals back in December on
> behalf of several GNU maintainers:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2019-12/msg00026.html
>
> To date, we have not received any feedback.
>
> The first of these proposals was:
>
> > * leadership
> >
> > We believe GNU leadership includes the GNU maintainers who should
> > have this discussion together with the FSF. That way, the FSF can
> > support the GNU Project as a whole.
> >
> > More generally, we think it is time for the GNU Project to
> > collectively define its governance structure, in a way that
> > includes all stakeholders, and that the FSF should facilitate this
> > process.
>
> The announcement posted on February 6th on gnu.org¹ reads:
>
> Alex Oliva, Henry Poole and John Sullivan (board members or officers
> of the FSF), and Richard Stallman (head of the GNU Project), have
> been meeting to develop a general framework which will serve as the
> foundation for further discussion about specific areas of
> cooperation.
>
> This does not include GNU maintainers who, as stewards for their GNU
> packages (and for some of them also as signatories of an agreement
> with the FSF for the Working Together Fund), are part of the GNU
> leadership and should be equal partners.
>
> Could you make sure GNU maintainers can take part in these
> discussions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ludo’.
>
> ¹ https://www.gnu.org/gnu/2020-announcement-1.html
--
Carlo Wood
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