Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Milan" == Milan Kupcevic writes: Milan> An official Debian statement is not about any particular Milan> individual but about Debian's interests and goals. Yeah, but in general, I find persuading people to change their minds on stuff like this to be a waste of list time. If som

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Milan Kupcevic
On 3/28/21 5:55 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: >> "Jonas" == Jonas Smedegaard writes: > > Jonas> Quoting Pierre-Elliott Bécue (2021-03-28 20:31:01) > >> Le dimanche 28 mars 2021 � 14:04:48+0200, Jonas Smedegaard a > >> �crit�: > My involvement in this subthread was when Molly arguing >

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Sam, Quoting Sam Hartman (2021-03-28 23:55:42) > > "Jonas" == Jonas Smedegaard writes: > There were a lot of messages here, and I may have missed some. Sorry for my part of that: I wish I were able to express my opinions more compactly. > When I last paid attention to this, you were co

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Jonas" == Jonas Smedegaard writes: Jonas> Quoting Pierre-Elliott Bécue (2021-03-28 20:31:01) >> Le dimanche 28 mars 2021 � 14:04:48+0200, Jonas Smedegaard a >> �crit�: > My involvement in this subthread was when Molly arguing >> that the > accusation was not harmful (using

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le dimanche 28 mars 2021 à 20:56:26+0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > Quoting Pierre-Elliott Bécue (2021-03-28 20:31:01) > > Le dimanche 28 mars 2021 � 14:04:48+0200, Jonas Smedegaard a �crit�: > > > My involvement in this subthread was when Molly arguing that the > > > accusation was not harmful

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Felix Lechner [Sun, Mar 28 2021, 08:12:58AM]: > On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 5:05 AM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > You (and others, privately) agree that the > > accusations are deliberately harmful > > That's intent to harm—and maybe malice. > > Anyone wishing to harm someone should do so

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Pierre-Elliott Bécue (2021-03-28 20:31:01) > Le dimanche 28 mars 2021 � 14:04:48+0200, Jonas Smedegaard a �crit�: > > My involvement in this subthread was when Molly arguing that the > > accusation was not harmful (using other words, yes, and we can > > nitpick that if really necessary).

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le dimanche 28 mars 2021 à 14:04:48+0200, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > My involvement in this subthread was when Molly arguing that the > accusation was not harmful (using other words, yes, and we can nitpick > that if really necessary). You (and others, privately) agree that the > accusations

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Felix Lechner
Hi, On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 5:05 AM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > You (and others, privately) agree that the > accusations are deliberately harmful That's intent to harm—and maybe malice. Anyone wishing to harm someone should do so on their own. I want no part in it. Kind regards Felix Lechner

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-28 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Wouter Verhelst (2021-03-28 08:17:32) > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 11:46:03PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Wouter Verhelst (2021-03-27 18:19:57) > > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:41:57AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > > Thanks for your judgements(!), Luke and Enrico. > > > >

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Jonas, On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 11:46:03PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Hi Wouter, > > Quoting Wouter Verhelst (2021-03-27 18:19:57) > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:41:57AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Thanks for your judgements(!), Luke and Enrico. > > > > > > For the record, I do

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Wouter, Quoting Wouter Verhelst (2021-03-27 18:19:57) > On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:41:57AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Thanks for your judgements(!), Luke and Enrico. > > > > For the record, I do not defend actions of RMS. I defend his right > > to a fair trial. > > Nobody is claimin

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:41:57AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Thanks for your judgements(!), Luke and Enrico. > > For the record, I do not defend actions of RMS. I defend his right to a > fair trial. Nobody is claiming Richard doesn't have the right for a fair trial. He is still a human b

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Martin, Quoting Martin Steigerwald (2021-03-27 11:13:52) > On addition: In a sense, Jonas, you said what I wrote below, I think. > You warned about group shaming. And I may have misread your mail. Cause > now I am not sure that you actually called him a monster. You wrote that > users have a

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Martin Steigerwald - 27.03.21, 11:13:52 CET: > On addition: In a sense, Jonas, you said what I wrote below, I think. > You warned about group shaming. And I may have misread your mail. > Cause now I am not sure that you actually called him a monster. You > wrote that users have accused him of being

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Martin Steigerwald
On addition: In a sense, Jonas, you said what I wrote below, I think. You warned about group shaming. And I may have misread your mail. Cause now I am not sure that you actually called him a monster. You wrote that users have accused him of being one. So in case I misunderstood that, please acc

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Dear Jonas, dear Debian community, Jonas Smedegaard - 27.03.21, 10:41:57 CET: > I need no further testimonies or evicence that RMS is a monster. > Regardless of the amount and type of proof, Debian should in my > opinion *not* take part in group shaming. And *that* is relevant to > discuss on thi

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Pierre-Elliott Bécue
Le samedi 27 mars 2021 à 10:41:57+0100, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > Quoting Enrico Zini (2021-03-27 10:08:06) > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:31:28PM -0700, Luke W Faraone wrote: > > > > > Myself, I signed this letter based on both public information and > > > the numerous times I've heard, unpro

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Enrico Zini (2021-03-27 10:08:06) > On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:31:28PM -0700, Luke W Faraone wrote: > > > Myself, I signed this letter based on both public information and > > the numerous times I've heard, unprompted, stories from women and > > female-presenting people who have had unco

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-27 Thread Enrico Zini
On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 02:31:28PM -0700, Luke W Faraone wrote: > Myself, I signed this letter based on both public information and the > numerous times I've heard, unprompted, stories from women and > female-presenting people who have had uncomfortable / creepy experiences > with Stallman, in the

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-26 Thread Luke W Faraone
On 26/03/2021 05:56, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: - I don't like the term "cancel" because I think it doesn't mean much anymore and is too loaded. >>> >>> Means too little and too much at the same time?!? >>> >>> https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/cancel-culture/ describes >>> it as a

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-26 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Anarcat, Quoting Antoine Beaupré (2021-03-25 20:11:45) > Hey what's up doc, > > On 2021-03-25 00:41:41, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting M dB (2021-03-24 23:55:23) > >> A few thoughts: > >> > >> - I don't like the term "cancel" because I think it doesn't mean > >> much anymore and is too

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-25 Thread Thomas Hochstein
M dB wrote: > Are we discussing a handful of people leaving > volunteer positions? Yes. Are we discussing ruining their lives? No. [...] > Nobody who wants rms off the FSF board is trying to destroy > his life I may be wrong, but it looks like Richard Stallman has dedicated his life (or at least

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-25 Thread Antoine Beaupré
Hey what's up doc, On 2021-03-25 00:41:41, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting M dB (2021-03-24 23:55:23) >> A few thoughts: >> >> - I don't like the term "cancel" because I think it doesn't mean much >> anymore and is too loaded. > > Means too little and too much at the same time?!? > > https://w

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-25 Thread Florian Weimer
* Sam Hartman: > I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged > discussion, and I think that there is significant benefit in acting > quickly in this instance. I think the appendix to the open letter is problematic, and that might warrant some discussion. Am I alone in this r

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-25 Thread Ansgar
M dB writes: > - To be explicit to anyone reading this, this is exclusively about the > Board of the FSF (and to some extent the Voting Membership -- if you're > reading this you're probably not a voting member). This is not about the > staff. This is not about the mission of the FSF. This is not

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Sam Hartman dijo [Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 05:19:09PM -0400]: > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > point. > It's been an ongoing issue. > > I don't think we're going to get much benefit ou

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting M dB (2021-03-24 23:55:23) > A few thoughts: > > - I don't like the term "cancel" because I think it doesn't mean much > anymore and is too loaded. Means too little and too much at the same time?!? https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/cancel-culture/ describes it as a form of boyco

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread M dB
A few thoughts: - I don't like the term "cancel" because I think it doesn't mean much anymore and is too loaded. Are we discussing a handful of people leaving volunteer positions? Yes. Are we discussing ruining their lives? No. - I think some of us have been very close to the FSF and issues withi

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 12:13:19AM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > On 2021/03/24 23:19, Sam Hartman wrote: > > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > > point. > > It's been an ongoing iss

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 3/24/21 10:20 PM, Sam Hartman wrote: > I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged > discussion, and I think that there is significant benefit in acting > quickly in this instance. By writing you wish Debian was "acting quickly", you're expressing your opinion about the iss

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2021/03/24 23:19, Sam Hartman wrote: > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > point. > It's been an ongoing issue. > > I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged >

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Taowa
Sam Hartman, 2021-03-24 17:19 -0400: > I suspect that the issues surrounding the open letter asking rms to step > down and for the FSF board to resign are fairly well understood at this > point. > It's been an ongoing issue. > > I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged > di

Re: Asking DPL to shorten Discussion Period for rms-open-letter

2021-03-24 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 16082 March 1977, Sam Hartman wrote: I don't think we're going to get much benefit out of a prolonged discussion, and I think that there is significant benefit in acting quickly in this instance. So, I'd like to ask the DPL to consider shortening the discussion period. And for whatever it c