RMS and open letter

[Eike Hein]

With the dot-org hat on, I wish the Open Letter had a little bit more of a dot-org focus instead of focusing on the individual.

What the current controversy highlights is that FSF board changes occur without an election and without significant transparency.[1]

This is not KDE e.V.'s organizational setup, and it's also not the setup we would like to see in an organization that aims to centrally represent Free Software. It's also likely that the current and other situations would have been prevented by a healthier, more participatory board setup.

I think the discussion of where to take the FSF (or representation for Free Software communities in general) next is what matters beyond the current moment in time. This is worth thinking about in the coming days, and also discussing with our partner dot-orgs.


1 = https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fsf-amended-bylaws-current.pdf

Best regards,
Eike Hein
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KDE e.V. vice president, treasurer