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DATE | 2020-02-28 |
FROM | Mike Gerwitz
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] feeling intimidated for endorsing the GNU
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sat Feb 29 00:09:33 2020 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (www2.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DD51640BF; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:09:33 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 44475164047; Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:09:30 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: Ruben Safir Resent-Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:09:30 -0500 Resent-Message-ID: <20200229050930.GB3498-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Resent-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com X-Original-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from bios-living.com (unknown [96.57.23.85]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AFF0164207 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:19:44 -0500 (EST) Received: by bios-living.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 14C5218044D7A; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:18:58 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: gnu_news-at-bios-living.com Delivered-To: gnu_news-at-bios-living.com Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by bios-living.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09FB418044D7A for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:18:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:56762 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j7sfG-0002ut-2g for gnu_news-at-bios-living.com; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:19:42 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46199) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j7sfC-0002uk-VO for gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:19:40 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:54470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j7sfC-0004fL-Rp for gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:19:38 -0500 Received: from localhost ([::1]:51239 helo=mikegerwitz-pc.gerwitz.local) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1j7sfC-0006Ww-56; Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:19:38 -0500 From: Mike Gerwitz To: Mark Wielaard In-Reply-To: <20200228233825.GF3970-at-wildebeest.org> (Mark Wielaard's message of "Sat, 29 Feb 2020 00:38:25 +0100") Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:41:27 -0500 Message-ID: <87h7zacdyg.fsf-at-gnu.org> References: <87wo8dp2vz.fsf-at-galassi.org> <34445050e6ae1eea517e477e30009b0f2e4d69cc.camel-at-gnu.org> <87zhd3iahk.fsf-at-gnu.org> <20200228233825.GF3970-at-wildebeest.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) OpenPGP: id=D6E9B930028A6C38F43B2388FEF635745E6F6D05 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list Cc: gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org Subject: Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] feeling intimidated for endorsing the GNU social contract X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com List-Id: NYLXS Tech Talk and Politics List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1999899211==" Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Hangout"
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On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 00:38:25 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: >> Moderation of this list was taken over because moderators were supposed >> to have been appointed by GNU leadership. That was a procedural error, >> which was no fault of your own and I apologize for, and has since been >> addressed so that it doesn't happen again. > > Which is a funny meta-discussion when the list is used to define what > "GNU leadership" means :)
Yes, my phrasing was intentional.
I understand that you disagree with and want to change how GNU is governed, but refusing to acknowledge the current leadership doesn't change what it is.
>> > The FSF keeps ignoring our calls for a neutral discussion space. >>=20 >> The FSF is not involved in GNU governance, so why should they provide >> such a thing? > > Of course the FSF is involved in GNU governance. They raise money in > the name of GNU, we assign copyright to the FSF, they hold all our > assets, and they keep lists of people who may use those resources for > which purposes. The FSF is the legal entity which runs GNU. We should > coordinate governance issues with the FSF. There are lots of issues > which are the shared responsibility of GNU volunteers and the > FSF. After discussions on this list we sent various of those issues to > the FSF so we can better coordinate: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2019-12/msg00026.html
We're talking past one-another, which is unfortunate, because it makes it difficult to have constructive conversation.
I do hope that in the near future the FSF will make a direct and unambiguous statement on this matter, because I don't see any other way to resolve this dispute.
=2D-=20 Mike Gerwitz
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On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 00:38:25 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: >> Moderation of this list was taken over because moderators were supposed >> to have been appointed by GNU leadership. That was a procedural error, >> which was no fault of your own and I apologize for, and has since been >> addressed so that it doesn't happen again. > > Which is a funny meta-discussion when the list is used to define what > "GNU leadership" means :)
Yes, my phrasing was intentional.
I understand that you disagree with and want to change how GNU is governed, but refusing to acknowledge the current leadership doesn't change what it is.
>> > The FSF keeps ignoring our calls for a neutral discussion space. >>=20 >> The FSF is not involved in GNU governance, so why should they provide >> such a thing? > > Of course the FSF is involved in GNU governance. They raise money in > the name of GNU, we assign copyright to the FSF, they hold all our > assets, and they keep lists of people who may use those resources for > which purposes. The FSF is the legal entity which runs GNU. We should > coordinate governance issues with the FSF. There are lots of issues > which are the shared responsibility of GNU volunteers and the > FSF. After discussions on this list we sent various of those issues to > the FSF so we can better coordinate: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2019-12/msg00026.html
We're talking past one-another, which is unfortunate, because it makes it difficult to have constructive conversation.
I do hope that in the near future the FSF will make a direct and unambiguous statement on this matter, because I don't see any other way to resolve this dispute.
=2D-=20 Mike Gerwitz
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