Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Nicolas Hernandez
!!! ??? Envoyé depuis ProtonMail mobile \ Message d'origine Le 17 janv. 2023, 22:54, Ian Clarke < i...@freenetproject.org> a écrit : > > > > Steve, > > > > > You're speaking as if you speak on behalf of the Freenet community. Who > specifically are you speaking for and what

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
Ian Clarke writes: > Apologies to mutt users, but Freenet's mainstream brand recognition has been > on an uninterrupted > downward trajectory since 2004: > > freenet-trend.png You are showing the US-trend. Let’s look at the trend in a country where there was PR done: This is the trend in

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
Dear Freenet Contributors and Enthusiasts, I want to clear up some of the confusion. Ian Clarke writes: > I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform you of an important > change that the Freenet Project board voted on unanimously on Friday. > After much discussion over the past

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Ian Clarke
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 5:24 PM wrote: Thank you for your mostly reasonable response :) On January 17, 2023 11:01:39 PM UTC, Ian Clarke > wrote: > >I greatly appreciate the work you and the other maintainers have put into > >Fred, which is why I took the time to listen to your concerns over

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread freenet
On January 17, 2023 11:01:39 PM UTC, Ian Clarke wrote: >I greatly appreciate the work you and the other maintainers have put into >Fred, which is why I took the time to listen to your concerns over the past >18 months. Is the a public place to review these, or FMS posts I have missed? > >The

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Ian Clarke
Arne, I greatly appreciate the work you and the other maintainers have put into Fred, which is why I took the time to listen to your concerns over the past 18 months. The bottom line is that after hearing you out, I simply don't agree with you. In particular, I do not believe that the proposed

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread s7r
Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: Ian Clarke writes: You're speaking as if you speak on behalf of the Freenet community. Who specifically are you speaking for and what gives you the ability to speak for them? I share the sentiment. Steve spoke to me before sending this message, and he also

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Ian Clarke
Board discussions are confidential, this is common practice for non-profits so that board members can speak freely. I'm happy to answer any questions you have about this decision. The grant from FUTO last year was hardly a secret, the video about it

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread freenet
Hi, As a non-contributor of code, but running nodes, and donating occasionally. How can I view the discussion that the board had? All I can find public tax documents that they received over $100,000 this year in donations. There is no board meeting minutes or mailing list (or paper trail) An

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
Ian Clarke writes: > You're speaking as if you speak on behalf of the Freenet community. Who > specifically are you speaking for and what gives you the ability to speak for > them? I share the sentiment. Steve spoke to me before sending this message, and he also speaks for me, the release

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Ian Clarke
Steve, You're speaking as if you speak on behalf of the Freenet community. Who specifically are you speaking for and what gives you the ability to speak for them? Ian. On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 2:46 PM Steve Dougherty wrote: > Hi Ian, > > I'm surprised. I'm not sure what to say, or what

Re: Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Steve Dougherty
Hi Ian, I'm surprised. I'm not sure what to say, or what reaction you and the rest of the board expected. This is another demonstration of a complete disconnect between the board of FPI, and the community around Freenet. After giving up initial plans to name Locutus "Freenet 2" in the face of

Important Announcement: Freenet naming change

2023-01-17 Thread Ian Clarke
Dear Freenet users and developers, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform you of an important change that the Freenet Project board voted on unanimously on Friday. After much discussion over the past 18 months, we have decided to rename the codebase and software known internally