On 27/12/19 10:30 pm, Jean Louis wrote: > * Mark Wielaard <m...@klomp.org> [2019-12-27 10:40]: >> As volunteers for the GNU Project we are happy that the FSF provides GNU >> with services like fiscal sponsorship, technical infrastructure, >> promotion, copyright assignment, and volunteer management. And we note >> that the FSF is looking for feedback on this relationship going >> forward: > > Alfred said that you are falsely representing yourself as being > authorized to speak on behalf of GNU project. That is exactly how I > feel it. > > Then you are constantly using generalizations. > > So when you say "as volunteers we are happy" -- which volunteers did > you ask to represent their views here? Did they give you consent for > such? What are their names exactly? Is that anywhere recorded? > >> To that end we have held discussions with other GNU maintainers, > > Who is "we" in particular? Are you generalizing or speaking of > specific person? If you are generalizing, those statements are nothing > but empty propaganda in a constant attempt to divert public from true > understanding what is GNU and take over the GNU project, and that way > of how you are trying to do it was never spirit of the GNU project. > > Who are "GNU maintainers" in particular? Your generalization gives > appearance that you talked to just each of them, which is in general > hard task to do. So which people did you actually contacted?
You can count me as one of the "volunteers" Mark talks about as I endorse the direction this proposal would like to take. I say that as a long time contributor to glibc, gcc, binutils-gdb and gnulib. Siddhesh
