RMS and open letter

[Agustin Benito (toscalix)]

Hello,

If we would judge the legacy of a human being by his/her behaviour, there
would be no rock&roll.

Best Regards

Agustin Benito (toscalix)
KDE eV member
Profile: http://www.toscalix.com


On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 10:17 AM Jos van den Oever <jos at vandenoever.info>
wrote:

> On woensdag 24 maart 2021 07:36:22 CET Sune Vuorela wrote:
> > On 2021-03-24, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks, Carl. I would like to point out that Carl posted his
> suggestion to
> > > the individual people on this list. He did not propose that the KDE
> e.V.
> > > officially take a stand.
> >
> > Then I'd like to propose that KDE signs it.
>
> I propose that KDE does not sign it. KDE can make its own statement.
>
> It's easy to press 'like' or 'i agree' without carefully reading what you
> are
> agreeing to. And consider that by agreeing to this letter you are creating
> ammunition by which FOSS can be attacked.
>
> The statement that is currently proposed is an unproductive and divisive
> statement and has been engineered to be. Or it was written in a rage
> without
> much thought. At any rate, when you sign it, consider the full text.
>
> If you intend to sign that letter, please read it carefully and consider
> the
> blanket statements against Free Software in it. The letter was initiated
> by a
> former President of OSI [1].
>
> The GitHub organization that initiated the letter is anonymous:
>    https://github.com/rms-open-letter
> The texts "We, the undersigned, believe in the necessity of digital
> autonomy"
> and "We believe in a present and a future where all technology empowers –
> not
> oppresses – people." sound hollow if it is hosted on GitHub, an
> undemocratic
> website where only the owners have influence on how it is run.
>
> Why is the letter hosted there? It it because no FOSS organization wanted
> to
> host a letter worded like that? I think so. Instead of getting a nuanced
> opinion this letter cherry-picks signatures from across communities.
>
> The letter says:
>
> "It is time for RMS to step back from the free software, tech ethics,
> digital
> rights, and tech communities"
>
> So sign this letter, you agree that he's an outcast.
>
> "We ask for contributors to free software projects to take a stand against
> bigotry and hate within their projects."
>
> So everyone that signs this bigoted and hateful letter should step away?
>
> In the coming days, there'll be statements by FOSS organizations, public,
> or
> directly to the board of the FSF about this surprising board addition. But
> let's make them better than the letter that is proposed here.
>
> ⤳Jos
>
> [1] https://opensource.org/node/1028
>
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