+1 from me, too
Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2026, 20:35:02 CET schrieb Mathieu Pasquet: > 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
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