On א', 2013-08-25 at 11:59 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-08-25 at 17:45 +0300, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
> > Exactly how many maintainers have shown interest in this?
> 
> fr33domlover, your passion for software freedom is admirable,

Thanks. I hope it inspires someone here and there.

>  but even
> RMS was all in favor of GitHub until he found out that they compress
> their JavaScript.

Yes, because he considered the technical definition of free software and
a SaaS, ignoring the issue of centralization. Anyway I'm glad he cleared
the software freedom points regarding GitHub.

> (Frankly I don't think a fight against nonfree
> JavaScript is a reasonable one for us to pick.) I really don't see this
> taking off.

No problems. I'm done expressing thoughts on this. It's not my decision
to make (I'm not even a maintainer). I just wanted to express my
opinion, and I'm thankful I was able to do it in a constructive
discussion.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael

Good luck with the new mirrors, I hope they help spread free software.

fr33domlover

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