Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> writes:
> jman <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> By reading this list, I can infer that you are looking at a purely technical
>> evaluation, ...
>
> Yes and no.
> I anticipated this kind of reply from someone in this thread, and my
> rough plan would be adding some kind of Q/A section after the technical
> guidelines that will address common ethical questions that people often
> ask.
And one more consideration - GNU software guidelines suggest staying
away from politics.
The GNU Project supports the cause of software freedom, that the
users of computing should have control of their computing
activities. This requires that they have control of their software
that does those activities, which in turn requires that they do
these activities with free software and have the possibility of
replacing any shared copies with their own copies.
It also supports basic human rights in computing including use of
the internet; opposing censorship, for instance.
A GNU package should not seriously advocate any other political
causes. Not that the GNU Project opposes those other causes. Rather,
it is neutral on them, and GNU packages should be neutral too. For
example, if you are (say) a pacifist, you must not advocate pacifism
in the GNU package you develop. Contrariwise, if you want to launch
a war, the GNU package you develop shouldn’t advocate that either.
https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Other-Politics
Org mode generally tries to follow the GNU policies. Although we do not
have to.
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