Re: Is free software political?

2019-03-22 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Jonathan Carter [2019-03-21 21:23]: > 1. Do you think that free software is inherently political? Do you think > there's place for politics in free software? Maybe you define "politics" in a different way to me (and maybe I mix it up with what would better be describes as "philosophy"), but

Re: Is free software political?

2019-03-22 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 21/03/19 at 23:04 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > I do think that we should perhaps also be more diligent when > considering non-technical consequences of our decisions. I'm curious: can you give an example here? Lucas

Re: Is free software political?

2019-03-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
On 3/21/19 5:04 PM, Jonathan Carter wrote: On 2019/03/21 22:25, Joerg Jaspert wrote: Yes, please go. 1. Do you think that free software is inherently political? Do you think there's place for politics in free software? 2. The same as #1, but for Debian instead of free software. Well, I

Re: Is free software political?

2019-03-21 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 15348 March 1977, Jonathan Carter wrote: 1. Do you think that free software is inherently political? Do you think there's place for politics in free software? 2. The same as #1, but for Debian instead of free software. Well, I think that in the case of #1, the Free Software Foundation (and

Re: Is free software political?

2019-03-21 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2019/03/21 22:25, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Yes, please go. > >> 1. Do you think that free software is inherently political? Do you think >> there's place for politics in free software? >> 2. The same as #1, but for Debian instead of free software. Well, I think that in the case of #1, the Free

Re: Is free software political?

2019-03-21 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 15348 March 1977, Jonathan Carter wrote: My question is to the other 4 DPL candidates, and I'm happy to answer it too if anyone is interested in my view. Yes, please go. 1. Do you think that free software is inherently political? Do you think there's place for politics in free software?

Is free software political?

2019-03-21 Thread Jonathan Carter
I know some people will be unhappy at me just for asking this question, but we would be naive to ignore the topic all together, and I don't know exactly where the others draw their lines yet. My question is to the other 4 DPL candidates, and I'm happy to answer it too if anyone is interested in