On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 10:55 AM Freenet304987 <freenet304...@proton.me>
wrote:

> Ian Clarke <i...@freenetproject.org> wrote:
> That's fine.
> But you absolutely do **not** have to steal the name of an existing
> software for that.
>

The name - which I came up with - never belonged to one codebase, it
belonged to the mission. This was the case from the beginning, which is
precisely why our mission statement didn't mention any specific
implementation.


> Millions of software projects were able to come up with a unique
> and good name, so can you.
>

I did, 24 years ago.


> You say you're against technology being a force of oppression.
> And you do that in the same thread where you're trying to oppress
> the people who have been running your software project for
> decades, for free.
>

Don't be silly, me not doing what you think I should do isn't "oppression".


> This is beyond ungrateful.
> It is utterly vile and you should be ashamed.
>

I'm happy to hear different perspectives, but this melodramatic language
helps nobody.

Ian.

-- 
Ian Clarke
Founder, The Freenet Project
Email: i...@freenetproject.org

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