Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-29 Thread Bernhard Reiter
Am Donnerstag 25 März 2021 15:56:10 schrieb Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users: > I don't want to be associated with anything where he's in a > position of authority.   (Though we did establish that GnuPG is indendent of GNU decisions these days. And FSFE is an independent organisation. Both share s

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-25 Thread Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users
So to me, your statement is too general and may provoke some folks. (You could see that Werner and myself also refrained from general reasoning. :) ) I would also like to say that I have tried to make my stepping-away as painless and as friendly as possible. I don't want to see ill will erupt

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-25 Thread Bernhard Reiter
Johan, please let us stick to GnuPG topics on this list. Robert's mail was on topic because he stated why he stepped down as FAQ maintainer. We also shed light on which influence the GNU project had on GnuPG (little for many years). Am Mittwoch 24 März 2021 20:15:28 schrieb Johan Wevers: > Excel

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-24 Thread Ángel
It's sad to see someone like you stepping down by a cause such as this. But we cannot but thank you for your support to the project all these years. So long... and thanks for keeping all the Answers. :-) ___ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-24 Thread Johan Wevers
On 23-03-2021 6:59, Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users wrote: > Last year when the FSF removed him from the Board of Directors, I > welcomed the news.  I hoped the FSF would appoint better leaders.  They > did not: instead, they've reappointed him to the board. Excelent news, finally a case where c

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-23 Thread Jacob Bachmeyer via Gnupg-users
Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users wrote: I first heard of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation in 1995. For twenty-six years I've supported the FSF and FSFE in a variety of different ways. For these twenty-six years, Richard Stallman has been at the forefront of the FSF. In all th

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-23 Thread Werner Koch via Gnupg-users
On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:34, Bernhard Reiter said: > restructured.) So yes, RMS had some influence over GnuPG. I don't think I've He has not more influence on GnuPG than on GNOME, which he claims to be the GNU desktop. GnuPG still shows the FSF copyright on Unix e as an appreciation for all the t

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-23 Thread Bernhard Reiter
Am Dienstag 23 März 2021 10:23:32 schrieb Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users: > Regardless of whether he officially has power, he clearly unofficially > has power. He's contacted me a few times over the years to insist on > changes to the FAQ, usually over incredibly silly details like saying > our

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-23 Thread Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users
The FSFE is an independent sister organisation with a separate leadership, and the framework agreement FSFE has with FSF does not give a single person a special influcence or one of the organisations a special power over the other. Regardless of whether he officially has power, he clearly unoffi

Re: So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-23 Thread Bernhard Reiter
Dear Robert, Am Dienstag 23 März 2021 06:59:44 schrieb Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users: > None of us have to tolerate toxic leadership. We can always leave.  For > that reason, I'm stepping down as the FAQ maintainer. thanks for your contributions to GnuPG and its FAQ! (And I hope there will b

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

2021-03-22 Thread Robert J. Hansen via Gnupg-users
There's a song I really enjoy[*] with a line that always hits me as being both beautiful and wise: "You talk far too much for someone so unkind." I first heard of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation in 1995. For twenty-six years I've supported the FSF and FSFE in a variet