Hi everyone. In the interest of transparency, I will publish this email I
have just now sent to Technoethical, in an attempt to de-escelate and end all
of these hostilities:
To: Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic
From: Leah Rowe
Subject: peace deal
Cc: Vikings , [email protected],
Free Software Foundation , John Sullivan
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Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 11:59:38 +0000
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Hi Tiberiu,
This email is in my capacity as the director of Minifree, and not in
any way as a member of the Libreboot project.
I'm CC'ing my other competitors aswell, aswell as the FSF, in the
interest of both transparency and fairness. I do not wish for this to
be negotiated in secret between us.
I'm really not happy with your behaviour on the recent Trisquel thread
about Minifree's Libreboot X200 re-launch. That being said, I
understand why you would do it. I'm also guilty of rotten behaviour ther
e.
I will not ask you to apologize. I will simply forgive you, whether
you're sorry or not.
For avoidance of doubt, I refer to this thread:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/libreboot-x200-returns-minifree
What I'm about to propose has a single premise in mind: to end any
hostilities or tensions between the 4 of us (minifree, technoethical,
vikings, libiquity). I'm not asking for us to work together, I'm
simply asking that we stop being hostile with each other.
I get it, I really do. But I don't want it to continue. I have a
proposal which I believe will benefit both of us. Please consider it:
1)
I link to Technoethical on Minifree
You link to Minifree on Technoethical
This will benefit both of us. You have strengths over Minifree, and
Minifree has strengths over you. We link to each other, and let people
choose.
By doing this, we both get more publicity. Minifree has quite a lot of
exposure on search engines and blogs. You would get more visitors to
your website.
I will also link to Vikings and Libiquity - whether or not they then
link to Minifree is irrelevant to me, but I hope they will.
The 3 of you already have this deal going between all of you, of
linking to each other. Basically, I propose to join this team, so that
the 4 of us cooperate in this manner.
2)
We both announce our new alliance-of-sorts, publicly, in the X200
thread on Trisquel forums, and agree to cooperate from now on.
It may also be preferable to announce a brand new thread for this. We
both then stop responding on the Trisquel thread where the dispute
recently occured.
We also both agree not to respond in the X200 thread anymore. I will
eventually, perhaps, start a new thread. I'm planning several changes
to Minifree in the run-up to christmas, including changes to the X200.
If I do start that new thread, I will put a footnote in the bottom
saying this:
PS: These companies also sell the X200. They are also good
alternatives to Minifree:
technoethical, vikings, libiquity
3)
As much as possible, I will try not to step on your toes at all. So
for instance, I won't say "Minifree is cheaper than Technoethical".
I'll simply focus on Minifree, and as much as possible, try not to
focus on you at all, or on others for that matter. You will also do
the same.
This is not to say that we won't compete. Of course we'll do that. We
will simply acknowledge each others existence and respect each other
to the best of our abilities, and not try to attack each other in any wa
y.
The fighting must end. It is damaging not just our companies, but also
the community at large. I'm proposing that we at least be civil with
each other.
I leave this with you to consider. I will execute my part of this deal
immediately, if you agree.
PS: Even if you reject this deal, I will still play my part and try
not to anger you anymore. The last thing I want to do is fight with
you. It causes me endless stress, and I'd rather focus on more
important things. I have my own priorities, such as Minifree and
Libreboot, but also many others. It is illogical to fight.
- --
Leah Rowe
Libreboot developer and project founder.
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