Hello Caleb,
Some people wear their values on their chests and others in their
hearts.
The active members in the Guix community live and breath the GNU spirit
and release coding using such licenses.
I am not aware of any momentum regarding Guix using non GNU licenses, so
Im not sure why you should be worried.
On 2025-03-29 00:26, Caleb Herbert wrote:
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P.S. We need unity, not division. Cancelling Stallman will just strike
fear into otherwise progressive, left-leaning people, wondering if they
are next. Don't let perfection be the enemy of the good.
I have no idea why an opinion about Stallman should be considered to be
politically charged.
I can share you an anecdote regarding Richard at Fosdem that should
strike fear into (otherwise) progressive, left-leaning people:
Midway into Fosdem (Europes largest FOSS conference), an assistant of
Richard's (he was a keynote speaker) approached a volunteer.
It was explained that Richard desired tea but not the regular kind.
He had a very specific shop in mind across the other side of the city.
Because Richard eschews non libre software he could not travel (fwiw,
the machines selling tickets accept coins).
As such, this volunteer was expected to drop everything and lose 2 hours
mid conference for a type of tea (Ive no idea why his assistant couldnt
go).
Im not going to provide the reply given it contains an expletive (the
demand was quite the punch in the gut imho).
However, I should say that such behaviour goes against progressive
values (though in fairness it was within those two's prerogatives to
make such a demand).
I am ok with recognising that there are few saints wandering the world,
people have blindspots, are flawed and corruptible.
When it comes to communities and governance there needs to be a tension
which both encourages the good from people and mitigates negative
qualities.
While there has been (and I hope still) much to celebrate regarding
Stallman's contributions and visions, it would be a mistake to consider
any individual offlimits - I would consider it antiethical to
sustainable practices.
Kind regards,
Jonathan
