Re: Truth matters when writing software and selecting leaders

[Martin]

On 3/28/21 6:47 AM, Jean Louis wrote:
> * shulie <shulie_release@optimum.net> [2021-03-27 21:28]:
> > On 3/24/21 10:55 PM, Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
> > > As I understand, RMS always thought that proprietary software
> > > companies would make some kind of large legal attack on the GNU project,
> > no - this is just how the extreme left works now.  They scream until you
> > agree with them.
> We are here together because of free software, that is where we can
> agree upon that we like it, promote it, it is useful, helps people,
> preserves users freedom and control of their data.
The problem is that everyone define the term "free software" in many 
different ways. Controversial statements like 
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.en.html making 
this issue even more confusing. There are many non ethical open-source 
licenses and obfuscated codes but saying that free software is better 
than open-source in general is like saying that official facebook app 
(binary blob available for free) is better than telegram app (open 
source client available only with commercial and centralized backend 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)#Security ). We need 
updated, clearer and more explicit definition (not just better or worst 
intuitions) of the perfect free, open-source, secure, reproducible and 
bootstrappable hardware/software/system that could unite us again.
> If RMS/FSF/GNU/Free Software go down now, we are defeated and we let
> those corporations control every single citizen on this planet.
This organizations and individuals are helpful but not crucial. Control 
of resources never last forever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKkvPxYNh9A