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| DATE | 2019-11-05 |
| FROM | Alexandre =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Garreau
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Is negative publicity always harmful?
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Le mardi 5 novembre 2019, 19:48:36 CET Dmitry Alexandrov a =C3=A9crit :
> Brandon Invergo wrote:
> > Dmitry Alexandrov writes:
> >> I=CA=BCm afraid, you conflated two points. Publicity that undermine t=
he core
> >> competency of an organization =E2=80=94 yes, is perhaps is the most ha=
rmful
> >> thing for it.
> >> =
> >> While negative publicity on irrelevant topics is either much less
> >> harmful, or sometimes even beneficial.
> >> =
> >> Dr. Stallman has been always, in almost every his speech, pointed out,
> >> that in terms of publicity everything is still so bad, that he has to
> >> struggle to make it known that GNU and free software movement in gener=
al
> >> merely exist. And that they are not the same as Linux=C2=AE and =E2=
=80=98open
> >> source=E2=80=99, in particular.
> >> =
> >> Under that conditions, any kind of public attention to GNU should be
> >> welcoming.> =
> > As I previously requested, please let's drop discussions of particular
> > people, especially when it comes to what they said or did outside of GN=
U.
> > I know you are not attacking but standing in rms's defense
> No, I actually did not defend him specifically. If Sandra have posted her
> rant not here, but in some place where it could reach those who are unawa=
re
> of free software, I would present the very same arguments in her defence.
You did made a general point, taking a specific person as an example. That =
might have been omitted. But for the sake of clarity, I=E2=80=99m happy th=
is =
happened. A bunch of people from all side asked to clarify accusations and =
statements when they=E2=80=99re made (likely to better contradict and deny =
those).
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