Le vendredi 26 mars 2021 à 11:05:26+0100, Dominik George a écrit : > Hi, > > > A General Resolution has been started about Richard Stallman's > > readmission to the FSF board. > > > > It currently has 1 available options, but other proposals have been suggested. > > I explicitly do NOT support this GR. > > My opinion, as laid out at > https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/issues/2285: > > 8><------------------------------------------------------------------ > With the FSFE freezing its collaboration with the FSF, projects > signing open letters to effectively disassemble the FSF and the GNU > project altogether, it seems we are officially at war. > > With all due respect to everyone who has been offended by Richard > Stallman, feels oppressed by him, or is negatively affected by his > views — every single such person has to be heard, their fears and > sorrows been taken into account, and appropriate action been taken. > As such, I am in full support of requiring the FSF board to instate > an investigation committee, take letters from anyone affected, and > hear these cases (including rms' position). > > What I do not support is forcing the disintegration of the FOSS > community, even less in such crucial times. The COVID pandemic forces > evryone to digitise the hell out of them and their organisations, and > every action that weakens the FOSS movement in this ciritical process > certainly does more harm to the ecosystem than a single person on any > FOSS body's board ever could. Thus, I consider those responsible for > this, in my opinion, thoughtless action harmful to the FOSS ecosystem. > > As already said, I am in full support of an investigation committee, > and would immediately sign an open letter requesting the FSF to > instate one (including a helpful list of requirements for this committee). > > Thanks for listening! > > P.S.: On a side note, hosting this thing on GitHub, which explicitly > discriminates against parts of the community and is itself harmful to > the FOSS ecosystem as a whole, is at least a bit weird. > ------------------------------------------------------------------><8 > > > As such, I want to make the following amendment: > > 8><------------------------------------------------------------------ > Choice 2 > ======== > > The Debian Project does not co-sign the statement regarding Richard > Stallman's readmission to the FSF board seen at > https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io/blob/main/index.md > > In its role as an important body in the free software world, the > Project has made its members aware of the situation, and respects the > opinion of all of its members. In doing so, every member is free to > sign the statement, or to not do so. > > The Debian Project make an official statement, along the lines of: > > * We have learnt about rms being readmitted to the FSF board > * We are aware of critical voices regarding the person known as rms, > and we take every single report very serously > * Everyone who is affected by any action, opinion or statement of > rms can ask the Debian Anti Harassment team for support, and > the Anti Harassment team will suppor tthem in communicating with > the FSF and ensure their concerns are addresses > * The Debian Project supports the instatement of an investigation > committee regarding all accusations against rms and asks the > FSF board to take such action, in close cooperation with other > organisations and in full transparency > ------------------------------------------------------------------><8 Seconded. Note: IDK yet if I'd vote for that choice, but I'm keen on having a fair set of choices for this GR. -- Pierre-Elliott Bécue GPG: 9AE0 4D98 6400 E3B6 7528 F493 0D44 2664 1949 74E2 It's far easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
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