Arne, I greatly appreciate the work you and the other maintainers have put into Fred, which is why I took the time to listen to your concerns over the past 18 months.
The bottom line is that after hearing you out, I simply don't agree with you. In particular, I do not believe that the proposed changes will harm Fred, but rather, Fred should get a significant boost from the attention Locutus will receive if we are successful. There is no question that there is risk, but there is risk in every decision. My primary concern is for the next generation, who may ask me in 30 years if I did everything in my power to keep the Internet a force for freedom rather than oppression. This has always been the core mission of Freenet, not any specific codebase or feature set. *We are losing this battle, and we need to take action before it is lost*. Nobody gets a veto over this, not even Fred's maintainers or members of the current user base, value them as I do. In my view and that of the board, Locutus is the best hope to achieve Freenet's mission, given everything I know in 2023. That's not to say that Locutus will replace Fred, it will not - because they serve different needs. But Fred is a 23-year-old codebase, and the world is very different from the world I saw when I started it, as is technology. I don't want conflict with you or the core maintainers, but the decision has been made. Fighting it is only going to consume time, resources, emotion, and attention that distracts from the goals that I know drive all of us. Ian. On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 4:15 PM Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_...@web.de> wrote: > > Ian Clarke <i...@freenetproject.org> writes: > > You're speaking as if you speak on behalf of the Freenet community. Who > specifically are you speaking for and what gives you the ability to speak > for > > them? > > I share the sentiment. Steve spoke to me before sending this message, > and he also speaks for me, the release manager of Freenet. Also David, > Florent, and xor disagree strongly with the renaming plan. These are > most of the non-anonymous core developers of Freenet. > > And the actual Freenet community that communicates on Freenet via FMS > and Sone is absolutely enraged over this. > > Best wishes, > Arne > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 2:46 PM Steve Dougherty <st...@asksteved.com> > wrote: > > I'm surprised. I'm not sure what to say, or what reaction you and the > > rest of the board expected. > > > > This is another demonstration of a complete disconnect between the board > > of FPI, and the community around Freenet. After giving up initial plans > > to name Locutus "Freenet 2" in the face of backlash, you and the rest of > > the board appear to now want still more of Freenet's brand recognition. > > The hope seems to be that the Freenet community, having not been > > consulted, and reasonably assumed to disagree, will undertake the effort > > to rename themselves the Freenet Classic community. > > > > I don't think this will happen. It would require buy-in, and it has > > none. > > > > - Steve > > > -- > Unpolitisch sein > heißt politisch sein, > ohne es zu merken. > draketo.de > -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: i...@freenetproject.org
