Samuel Christie via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:
> I'm not sure I understand the reactions to the Xlibre project. > > The quote from their website is: > >> This is an independent project, not at all affiliated with BigTech or >> any of their subsidiaries or tax evasion tools, nor any political >> activists groups, state actors, etc. It's explicitly free of any "DEI" >> or similar discriminatory policies. Anybody who's treating others >> nicely is welcomed. > >> It doesn't matter which country you're coming from, your political >> views, your race, your sex, your age, your food menu, whether you wear >> boots or heels, whether you're furry or fairy, Conan or McKay, comic >> character, a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri, or just a boring >> average person. Anybody who's interested in bringing X forward is >> welcome. > > That sounds inclusive to me, even if it does speak against "DEI" as a > label. This is not inclusive, its the problem of equality versus equity. DEI is equity, and they see it as discriminatory. This, in my opinion, just shows a will to not do anything about inclusivity. What good is there to accept contributions from everyone if there are no actions to help with inclusion? In this way, you ensure that the status-quo of mostly men contributing stays. Doing nothing is a choice, and one that is not particularly inclusive. > > Jul 2, 2025 09:47:20 Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org>: > >> Hello, >> >> Ekaitz Zarraga <eka...@elenq.tech> writes: >> >>> So yeah, spacecadet, if you really want to continue to package it, we >>> would add it to Guix, I don't think there's any policy in Guix against >>> it (unless their documentation or so is also part of the package and >>> includes political messages that promote any kind of >>> discrimination). >> >> This is entirely correct. However, as a project, we have a code of >> conduct and generally work to be inclusive, which is apparently the >> exact opposite of what this people are doing. >> >> I think we can’t ignore it or we’d be sending the wrong signal. >> >> Thanks, >> Ludo’. Hi everyone, In my opinion, the main issue is with the maintainer of X11Libre, Enrico Weigelt. Banned from the linux mailing list for anti-vaxxer rhethoric[2] and making other statements like “WW1 was clearly *NOT* started by Germany”[1]. It goes without saying that they like far-right stories. In the README of X11Libre, they state as a slogan ”Together we'll make X great again!” which can be seen as a reference to Trump’s Make america great again. Let’s remind that people directly die from non-vaccination and Trump’s actions. However, as Ekaitz stated we have no policy to select projects based on their inclusivity or dangerous rethorics, and we are already distributing some. So I don’t think this should be blocked. I do think we should make such a policy. Free software is a community, and bad actors like Enrico can only hurt it if given a consequent platform to spread their dangerous rethorics. Have a nice day, Noé [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210129191128/https://web.archive.org/web/20190404153507/https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20181010.191925.ee1331b6.en.html [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20250624214542/https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/10/957
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