Great reading. I knew RMS would answer something like that to that question, if it's licensed under GPL, it's free software, period.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Nextime <[email protected]> wrote: > On March 21, 2015 3:34:28 PM WET, Jaromil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >re all, > > > >perhaps interesting to perceive the atmosphere, no trolling intended > >and please > >consider we shall not fight, rather seek undersanding and claim respect > >and the > >right to have different opinions than "the majority". > > > >At Libreplanet (the GNU/FSF conference) today someone (who?? thanks for > >that!) > >asked RMS about what he thinks of systemd. Few of us can afford to be > >there > >however from a twit by FSF member John Sullivan I apprehend the Q&A: > > > >@johns_FSF > >"RMS, do you have an opinion about systemd?" "No. I know it's free > >software, so you can make your own opinion about it." #lp2015 > > > >follows up Stefano Zacchiroli (former Debian leader and present board > >member of OSI): > > > >@zacchiro > >achievement unlocked: #systemd troll brilliantly averted by rms during > >#libreplanet keynote > > > >a statement by a renown public speaker that clearly leads the public > >perception > >of someone making a question to RMS about systemd as being > >automatically a > >troll, just for the fact such a question is being asked. > > > >I've replied myself, via the @DevuanOrg twit account: > > > >is asking a question about #systemd now considered trolling? wow. > >#minculpop > > > >also later asking John: > > > >did someone explained how #Hurd is affected? > >https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/open_issues/systemd.html … ...and > >uclibc etc. > >FWIW (no trolling intended) > > > >and I'm serious: I'd like to hear the *opinion* (which we are all free > >to have) > >of the GNU leaders on these matters, considering the aforementioned > >implications, which I'm not sure RMS has acknowledged. > > > >I understand perfectly RMS answer above which is rather sane: he is > >separating > >the power of his role in that particular moment (setting the "ethical > >bar" on > >free software for people listening) with the fact we can all have > >opinions. > >This is something a good leader should do, rather than bully somoene > >for making > >an uncomfortable question.... > > > >What I want to make here is an exortation to everyone reading: if we > >really > >think something needs to be done about systemd, please do your best in > >putting > >forward your opinion, avoiding to impose it or to aggressively wave it > >in front > >of everyone. If bullied please stand firmly by the right you have to > >have a > >different opinion and to debate it in the public. I think we need to > >state this > >because what Stefano and others are doing in this occasion is bullying > >people > >with different opinions, labeling them as trolls (and therefore enemies > >of the > >community) and ultimately denying there can even be a debate about > >systemd, > >spreading fear in anyone willing to debate it. > > > >I think this is totally unacceptable for a free society, that's why I > >label it > >as MinCulPop attitude, which ultimately was the fascist authority which > >established what can be debated, something Italians remember very well: > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Popular_Culture > > > >ciao > > > > > >-- > >Jaromil, Dyne.org Free Software Foundry (est. 2000) > >We are free to share code and we code to share freedom > >Web: https://j.dyne.org Contact: https://j.dyne.org/c.vcf > >GPG: 6113 D89C A825 C5CE DD02 C872 73B3 5DA5 4ACB 7D10 > >Confidential communications: https://keybase.io/jaromil > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Dng mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > Standing ovation jaro! > -- > nextime > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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