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| DATE | 2020-02-19 |
| FROM | DJ Delorie
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] State of the GNUnion 2020
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Jean Louis writes:
> * DJ Delorie [2020-02-20 07:09]:
>> Jean Louis writes:
>> > * DJ Delorie [2020-02-19 21:01]:
>> >>
>> >> "Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss)" <936-846-2769-at-kylheku.com> writes:
>> >> > On 2020-02-17 12:37, Andy Wingo wrote:
>> >> >> Thought experiment: what would GNU be if all of its packages stopped
>> >> >> developing? Dead, right?
>> >> >
>> >> > The immediate effect would become more of a stable base for the vast
>> >> > amount of material that depends on it.
>> >>
>> >> For about a month or so, until the next bug, security problem, or
>> >> missing feature were reported... then people would switch to whatever
>> >> software was responsive to these problems. If GNU doesn't respond,
>> >> someone will eventually fork the software (because they can :) and GNU
>> >> would lose users.
>> >
>> > When people continue developing free software it is a win, not loss.
>>
>> The question wasn't "what would free software be?" it was "what would
>> GNU be?"
>
> That is matter of view point.
No, that's a matter of what was written by Andy Wingo, quoted above.
> You have the view point that if there are free software developers and
> free software which is not GNU, that it is competition to GNU.
There is competition for volunteers at least.
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