> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2020 at 12:27 AM > From: "Luis Falcon" <[email protected]> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], "Richard Stallman" <[email protected]>, > "Christian Grothoff" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Volunteers for GNU and GNU management [Was: Re: Subprojects in > Savannah] > > On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 22:43:18 +0100 > Christopher Dimech <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2020 at 10:26 PM > > > From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <[email protected]> > > > To: "Luis Falcon" <[email protected]> > > > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > > > [email protected] Subject: Re: Volunteers for GNU and GNU management > > > [Was: Re: Subprojects in Savannah] > > > > > > I think there is little point in continuing to discuss how you think > > > Savannah is run, it is up to the Savannah hackers how they decide > > > what they wish to work on, or not. You can call this "wrong" or a > > > "mistake" -- but it doesn't change the way how the GNU project > > > works. > > > > Because Savannah is the central point for development, maintenance > > and distribution of official GNU software, this changes things > > somewhat - making "let people decide what they wish to work on" > > problematic, to say the least. In professional settings, it is > > absurd. Yet some people boast that "A Gnu System today runs the > > computing needs of the International Space Station". > > Fully agree. It is not only about "them" and what they do, it is about > us, as a community. We are not, can not, and will not be passive > bystanders. You can bet on this. > > As Christopher points out, our projects are hosted at GNU, and the > our project's reputation is at stake. > > Alfred, you seem to be good at sending links and asking people to read > GNU documents.... now is time for you to read this... several > times: > > National Public health systems today use and depend on GNU > Health today. > > That is, millions of individuals can not become hostages of someone's > will to maintain the operating system or the repository server. Is that > crystal clear? Respect! > > Enough is enough. For a moment I thought that we at GNU were seeing the > light at the end of the tunnel, but it was a mirage.
There are enlightened human beings at Gnu, with vision as Richard Stallman had during the beginning years. Some still cannot see the larger implications of our work and have a limited compartmentalised view of the world. I am here to change that, Dr. Falcon. > I had it with all this nonsense. Thank you for bringing clarity to the whole thing and for a time where we can work together in better circumstances.
