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> Am 27.02.2022 um 01:22 schrieb Hernán De Angelis 
> <variablestarli...@gmail.com>:
> 
> Thank you Marco for this. It is an excellent message: constructive and 
> positive, yet clear and strong enough to show the community's concern.
> 
> /H.
> 
> Den 2022-02-26 kl. 16:43, skrev Marco Bernasocchi:
>> Dear QGIS Community,
>> 
>> Thank you very much to all who participated in this thread. As a project, we 
>> have made our position clear in the newsfeed (shown on the QGIS Desktop 
>> start screen). As a general principle, we would like to encourage users of 
>> QGIS to use the software for the good of humanity, but we cannot tell people 
>> what they can and cannot do with the software.
>> We would kindly ask that the discussions in this thread be moved off-list so 
>> that we can maintain the central aim of supporting users in their quest to 
>> make the best use of QGIS.
>> 
>> On behalf of the PSC,
>> Marco
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Subject:     Re: [Qgis-user] Help Ukraine, Boycott Russia
>> Date:        Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:02:12 -0800
>> From:        chris hermansen <clherman...@gmail.com>
>> To:  Anita Graser <anitagra...@gmx.at>
>> CC:  qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org>
>> 
>> 
>> Anita and list members,
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 8:49 AM Anita Graser <anitagra...@gmx.at> wrote:
>> Good points, Jürgen!
>> 
>> On 25.02.2022 17:18, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
>> > Anyway, I also think it's better to make a statement than to exclude people
>> > from using QGIS (if we were even able to do so reliably).    Maybe even
>> > something on our news feed
>> 
>> I agree that making a statement on the news feed is likely more
>> impactful than forcing users or contributors with Russian IPs to use a VPN.
>> 
>> News items are displayed on every QGIS startup (if machines are online)
>> while other messages would only be viewed by people visiting the website.
>> 
>> Given the clarity in the GPL (under which QGIS is licensed) around not 
>> restricting the freedom of others, I don't see how we QGIS community members 
>> can advocate for limiting freedoms.
>> 
>> But I do like the idea of concrete positive things we can do as a community, 
>> whether by naming upcoming versions of QGIS for cities where people are 
>> oppressed by invaders or their own governments or by engaging in public 
>> expressions of support as Andreas Neumann suggested... here is another idea: 
>> what about individually contributing some funds "in the name of QGIS and 
>> freedom" to worthy organizations that will actually help the people of 
>> Ukraine?  For example https://redcross.org.ua/en/ or possibly this 
>> organization http://ukrainedemocracy.org/  Or maybe a Kickstarter or 
>> GoFundMe to collectivize our contributions?
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
>> 
>> C'est ma façon de parler.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Marco Bernasocchi
>> 
>> QGIS.org Chair
>> OPENGIS.ch CEO
>> http://berna.io
>> 
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