Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Borax Man Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Framework Steps Into It Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:09:29 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10cub7h$1cvsj$1@dont-email.me> <10d7uq8$3tcml$1@dont-email.me> <10dbrmn$10pja$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:09:29 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bcaaa63910bbd28fd050db6bf7f36ebb"; logging-data="1662858"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ERBwYJ7/G4BCXHr+FMuhP9+yClhdsiIg=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:PzI54yCYuh5iD52rx7HfQfjx8AY= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76578 On 2025-10-23, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:31:37 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote: > >> I suspect part of the motivatoin for the "rewrite in Rust", is to take >> control of the Free Software movement ... > > Any good conspiracy theory must obey rule 1: “Cui bono?” -- Who stands to > benefit? Or if you prefer, “follow the money”. > > How can any hypothetical group, no matter how sinister or shadowy, 1) take > control of a movement which is inherently based on freedom from anybody’s > control, and 2) accumulate money and/or power by doing so? > > Sometimes it’s quite amusing to see the conspiracy theorists tie > themselves in knots trying to answer these questions ... There is nothing to answer. There is an endless stream of evidence that people in the Free Software movement are politically motivated and using their own political values as a means to justify taking action against others who don't abide. If you want to pretend not to see it, then go ahead.