> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 1:33 PM > From: "Luis Falcon" <fal...@gnuhealth.org> > To: "Ian Kelling" <i...@fsf.org> > Cc: savannah-hackers@gnu.org, b...@proulx.com > Subject: Re: Subprojects in Savannah > > Hello, Ian > > This usually happens... instead of moving forward, we get a > repertoire of defensive arguments that takes us nowhere in facing and > tackling the real problems at GNU.org .
I can confirm that this is a recurring theme with regard to multiple Gnu packages (not just savannah). Somehow we got to turn things around. Although I am seeing some of that happening, there ought to be a concerted effort by those whose job it is to community direction over the long term. > First of all, GNU.org is NOT and cannot be the FSF backyard, and should > not be controlled by the FSF. I don't care if you are an FSF sysadmin. > That job does not give you a higher position of ownership or control to > GNU resources. > > Whether you like it or not, GNU belongs to the GNU community, it belongs > to all of us, an international, diverse community. So yes,any time I > talk about GNU resources, I am very proud to say "our" resources. > > Second, I will complain anytime, anywhere and about anything I consider > necessary, and it will not be you who will restrain my right to do so. > > Third and last, I think the GNU Ethical Repository Criteria > Evaluations[1] need to be updated. For instance, Gitlab has a C > (approved), and it seems like it denies access to Cuba and other > countries[2]. Am not going to argue about the part above, but there are times where we should simply listen to what others keep telling us. But I know that he is focused and we have to open up a new window, a new door to something else, even if painful. That's all I got to say about that. Regards Christopher > Have a good day > > 1.- https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html > 2.- > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities > > > > >
