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DATE | 2019-11-06 |
FROM | ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
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SUBJECT | Re: A GNU “social contract”?
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Wed Nov 6 19:21:35 2019 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (www2.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B39C16115C; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 19:21:35 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 08B2F163F55; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 19:21:15 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: Ruben Safir Resent-Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 19:21:15 -0500 Resent-Message-ID: <20191107002115.GG31703-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> Resent-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com X-Original-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3866916115C for ; Wed, 6 Nov 2019 16:06:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:35144 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSSVr-0000Qz-D5 for ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:06:47 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51823) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iSSVn-0000Qh-Vl for gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:06:45 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57499) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iSSVm-0003tQ-UG; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:06:42 -0500 Received: from ams by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iSSVm-0006d2-Be; Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:06:42 -0500 From: ams-at-gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt) To: Andreas Enge In-reply-to: <20191106203239.GA1754-at-jurong> (message from Andreas Enge on Wed, 6 Nov 2019 21:32:39 +0100) Subject: Re: A GNU “social contract”? References: <20191024205045.bcyrofzmzoo2kvgf-at-function> <6bf7acc244a2d4667eb0c10a40c5667d4734891b.camel-at-klomp.org> <87zhhpq684.fsf_-_-at-gnu.org> <87ftjdj31j.fsf-at-gnu.org> <20191028202826.GA9517-at-jurong> <87y2wzdfiq.fsf-at-gnu.org> <20191101171929.GA9534-at-jurong> <875zjy36nc.fsf-at-gnu.org> <20191106203239.GA1754-at-jurong> Message-Id: Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:06:42 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list X-UID: 63724 Cc: ludo-at-gnu.org, gnu-misc-discuss-at-gnu.org X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com List-Id: NYLXS Tech Talk and Politics List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Hangout"
Is it meant as a short summary of what the GNU project does? I could see how it would serve such purpose, but then it isn't a contract. If it is a contract, who is agreeing to it? The GNU project? In that case, those goals are already written in the GNU manifesto, no?
What is the exact _goal_ of this text?
Apart from rare historical exceptions, all software written by the GNU Project is distributed under copyleft licenses, designed to ensure that developers cannot strip off users' freedom from GNU software.
This would exclude those cases where we might want to distribute something under a non-copyleft license for strategical reasons. Not a GNU project case, but a good example, when RMS argued that Ogg/Vorbis would be better served under a permissive license than a copyleft license, as a means to replace MP3.
* The GNU Project provides a consistent system
The GNU Project develops, in the form of GNU packages, an operating system and a set of applications, the GNU system. GNU package developers work together to ensure consistency across packages. GNU packages should follow the design and development guidelines of the GNU Project.
The GNU system isn't just GNU packages, there are many non-GNU packages that also make up the GNU system, that the GNU project doesn't develop.
* The GNU Project welcomes contributions from all and everyone
The GNU Project wants to give everyone the opportunity of contributing to its efforts on any of the many tasks that require work. It welcomes all contributors, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, level of experience, or any other personal characteristics. It commits to providing a harassment-free experience for all contributors.
This is quite different than what we our guidelines say, it would be best to use that text instead:
The GNU Project encourages contributions from anyone who wishes to advance the development of the GNU system, regardless of gender, race, ethnic group, physical appearance, religion, cultural background, and any other demographic characteristics, as well as personal political views.
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