Libre software is about freedom to control your computing, not freedom to choose a proprietary OS. The FSF supports compiling for Windows because it helps users to transition to libre software.
Attacking users for making a bad decision (Windows) is unproductive and hurtful, but not directly at odds with libre software principles as you suggest. -- Julie Marchant https://onpon4.github.io On Mar 18, 2017 8:08 PM, The Canadian Bacon <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's funny, GNU is about freedom of choice, yet just about every message I > read has people trampling over others choice of operating system. > > It's appalling to read almost every day these arguments. Yes, sometimes it's > hard to support different platforms. I'm a software engineer myself, so I > know the complexities of supporting different systems, if the maintainer > doesn't want to support said platform I'm not going to argue, but if others > are going to bash people for their choices, it's basically like reading > poison. Just stop with it, it gets us no where and it goes against the very > principal of GNU. > > I'm at the point where I just want to unsubscribe to the mailing list, it's > that bad. > > On Mar 18, 2017 2:32 PM, "Julie Marchant" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 03/18/2017 01:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> > I sense deep treachery however. >> >> What you "sense" is a conspiracy theory, and it's ridiculous. IceCat is >> not important in the grand scheme of things for anyone who isn't a libre >> software supporter, so there is no cause for a conspiracy. Further, >> there is no evidence for a conspiracy. What you are seeing is nothing >> more than user dissatisfaction. It's not just here, either; similar >> dissatisfaction has been expressed on the Trisquel forum. >> >> Personally, I think it would be great if both of these projects could be >> handed off to someone else. After all, Ruben is clearly overworked. >> However, this is an imperfect world and there don't seem to be any takers. >> >> Also, even the FSF supports building software for Windows. >> >> Anyway, please stop flooding my inbox with screeching about your >> conspiracy theories. That is not what I am subscribed to this mailing >> list for. >> >> -- >> Julie Marchant >> https://onpon4.github.io >> >> Protect your emails with GnuPG: >> https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org >> >> >> -- >> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org >>
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