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Re: Willingness to share a position statement?

From	M dB <deblanc@riseup.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.vote
Subject	Re: Willingness to share a position statement?
Date	2021-03-24 01:50 +0100
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Regardless of what Debian decides to do,
https://rms-open-letter.github.io/ is an open letter and you are welcome
to sign it.

Cheers,

M.

On 3/23/21 6:56 PM, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I hope not to be too inflamatory with this. As you are surely aware,
> last week Richard Stallman was reinstated as part of the Board of
> Directors of the FSF. That is something deeply disturbing and
> confidence-shattering for many of us.
>
> Some people have moved to action -- if nothing more, at least to
> express they are disgusted with the turn of events, and to say the
> organizations they represent believe it to be detrimental to the FSF's
> own image and projection into the future. Particularly, I mean the
> following two pages, of very different nature:
>
>     https://opensource.org/OSI_Response
>     https://rms-open-letter.github.io/
>
> Now, as for my question: I thought repeatedly over the last couple of
> days whether to start something like this in Debian... But, what would
> it take for the project to issue a statement in this line? Would we
> have to pass a GR?
>
> I am sure there is a precedent of a position statement being announced
> without having a formal vote about it, but I cannot find it at the
> moment. Sruthi, Jonathan: What is your take on this? If you were a DPL
> today, would you feel OK issuing a position statement on behalf of the
> project?
>
> (Of course, it is completely possible you don't share my views on
> this... If so, lets make the answer hypothetical, about a "current
> event" that could be happening, and for which expressing a message
> with timeliness was important)
>
> (And yes, with this I am probably forcing you to disclose a position
> on the subject... I'm sorry for that. But I think that, as a candidate
> for the DPL position, knowing your position on the issue also makes
> sense)
>

Thread

Willingness to share a position statement? Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@gwolf.org> - 2021-03-24 00:00 +0100
  Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2021-03-24 00:30 +0100
    Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2021-03-24 01:10 +0100
    Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Matthias Klumpp <mak@debian.org> - 2021-03-24 01:30 +0100
      Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Sruthi Chandran <srud@disroot.org> - 2021-03-24 08:50 +0100
      Re: Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Akhil Varkey <akhilvarkey@disroot.org> - 2021-03-25 10:20 +0100
      Re: Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Timo Röhling <timo@gaussglocke.de> - 2021-03-25 23:30 +0100
    Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2021-03-24 11:00 +0100
    Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Martina Ferrari <tina@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 00:10 +0100
      Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 08:00 +0100
  Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Harlan Lieberman-Berg <hlieberman@setec.io> - 2021-03-24 01:20 +0100
  Re: Willingness to share a position statement? M dB <deblanc@riseup.net> - 2021-03-24 01:50 +0100
    Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2021-03-24 23:10 +0100
      Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2021-03-25 09:50 +0100
        Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 17:30 +0100
          Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 18:30 +0100
            Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Ansgar <ansgar@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 18:40 +0100
            Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 19:00 +0100
              Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Margarita Manterola <margamanterola@gmail.com> - 2021-03-25 19:20 +0100
                Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2021-03-25 19:30 +0100
                Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 19:40 +0100
                Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 20:10 +0100
                Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 20:20 +0100
                Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 19:30 +0100
                Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Gard Spreemann <gspr@nonempty.org> - 2021-03-25 19:30 +0100
              Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 20:30 +0100
                Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 20:50 +0100
              Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 22:50 +0100
                Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 23:50 +0100
                Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Re: Willingness to share a position  statement? Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-03-26 01:10 +0100
                Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Re: Willingness to share a position  statement? Christian Kastner <ckk@debian.org> - 2021-03-26 08:50 +0100
                Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Re: Re: Willingness to share a position  statement? Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> - 2021-03-26 09:40 +0100
                Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Re: Willingness to share a position  statement? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2021-03-26 11:50 +0100
                Re: ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Re: Willingness to share a position  statement? Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> - 2021-03-26 17:00 +0100
            Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2021-03-25 21:20 +0100
              Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Sruthi Chandran <srud@disroot.org> - 2021-03-25 21:40 +0100
          Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Filippo Rusconi <lopippo@debian.org> - 2021-03-26 00:30 +0100
        Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 18:10 +0100
      Re: Willingness to share a position statement? (rms-open-letter) Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 11:50 +0100
        Question to Jonathan: What did you Mean Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 17:00 +0100
          Re: Question to Jonathan: What did you Mean Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2021-03-25 18:20 +0100
  Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Sruthi Chandran <srud@disroot.org> - 2021-03-24 09:10 +0100
  Re: Willingness to share a position statement? Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2021-03-24 14:10 +0100

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