On 26/03/21 10:45 pm, Sruthi Chandran wrote: > > Dear fellow DDs, > > Second the amendment text if acceptable to you :) > Re-sending with fixed signature and replacing twitter link with gnusocial link. > ==== Begin text ==== > > Under section 4.1.5 of the constitution, the Developers make the > following statement: > > *Debian’s statement on Richard Stallman rejoining the FSF board* > > We at Debian are profoundly disappointed to hear of the re-election of > Richard Stallman to a leadership position at the Free Software > Foundation, after a series of serious accusations of misconduct led to > his resignation as president and board member of the FSF in 2019. > > One crucial factor in making our community more inclusive is to > recognise and reflect when other people are harmed by our > own actions and consider this feedback in future actions. The way > Richard Stallman announced his return to the board unfortunately lacks > any acknowledgement of this kind of thought process. We are deeply > disappointed that the FSF board elected him a board member again despite > no discernible steps were taken > by him to be accountable for, much less make amends for, his past > actions or those who have been harmed by them. Finally, we are also > disturbed by the secretive process of his re-election, and how it was > belately conveyed [0] to FSF’s staff and supporters. > > > We believe this step and how it was communicated sends wrong and hurtful > message and harms the future of the Free Software movement. The goal of > the software freedom movement is to empower all people to control > technology and thereby create a better society for everyone. Free > Software is meant to serve everyone regardless of their age, ability or > disability, gender identity, sex, ethnicity, nationality, religion or > sexual orientation. This requires an inclusive and diverse environment > that welcomes all contributors equally. Debian realises that we > ourselves and the Free Software movement still have to work hard to be > in that place where everyone feels safe and respected to participate in > it in order to fulfil the movement's mission. > > > That is why, we call for his resignation from all FSF bodies. The FSF > needs to seriously reflect on this decision as well as their > decision-making process to prevent similar issues from happening again. > Therefore, in the current situation we see ourselves unable to > collaborate both with the FSF and any other organisation in which > Richard Stallman has a leading position. Instead, we will continue to > work with groups and individuals who foster diversity and equality in > the Free Software movement in order to achieve our joint goal of > empowering all users to control technology. > [0] https://status.fsf.org/notice/3796703 > > Heavily based on: > > [1] https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210324-01.html > > [2] > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/statement-re-election-richard-stallman-fsf-board > > ==== End of text ====
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