Le 25 février 2026 09:17:08 GMT+01:00, Dan Caseley <[email protected]> a écrit : >I don't believe that open source or software freedoms are a core part of >the XSF's mission. > >That being said, I think this is a good cause, I think there's a positive >for the XSF being aligned with all of those other signatories, and I can't >see any obvious downsides. > >+1 > >Dan > >On Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 08:09 eevvoor via Members, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes of course, agreeed. >> >> On 2/25/26 6:15 AM, Badri Sunderarajan via Members wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I agree with Travis and Gonzalo—it's quite clear to me that we should >> > sign this. >> > >> > I could go on a rant about Google but like Gonzalo I don't see any >> > reason to add anything further as the argument is quite self-evident. >> > >> > Best, >> > Badri >> > >> >>
I don't think the XSF has to be aligned on free software or open-source values, as evidenced by the number of members, sponsors, companies and community members that actually work on proprietary software. What the XSF does, however, is build an open standard in the commons in a way that gives as much freedom of choice as such a standard can give, and give visibility to the numerous options available, including the public federated XMPP network. In that perspective, google closing down the android ecosystem is directly detrimental to the availability of XMPP clients on android, by parties not vetted by them, or using other distribution mechanisms (not to mention the catastrophic upload/update review process as evidenced by the difficulties for XMPP android apps to state that they do not actually collect email addresses), proprietary or not. This seems in line with the XSF mission, and is not costing us anything that I can think of. +1 from me Mathieu
