Re: Richard Stallman should be reinstated to President of the FSF

inasprecali <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:40:40 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.org.gnu.discuss
Message-ID <87mtiktbp3.fsf@piccione>
dick <[email protected]> writes:

> i> Last time I checked, the vast majority of personal computing devices
> i> are still running a fully proprietary operating system
>
> I investigated this claim, and *mein gott*, you're right.  There appear
> to be at least two such systems macOS and Windows.  The first thing we
> ought to do is discontinue GNU Emacs support for those systems.  What do
> you think?

I think you should further elaborate how you came to the
conclusion of making this suggestion and what consequences it
would involve.

> i> The expression "No one" in the English language means exactly what it
> i> says on the tin.
>
> I personally *do* care about the distinction between "open source" and
> "libre".  Perhaps we can agree the hyperbolic use of "No one" in this
> context was short for "No one of consequence."

No, I disagree.  Clearly some people "of consequence" do care
about this distinction, otherwise we wouldn=E2=80=99t be having this
conversation on this particular mailing list in the first place.
Perhaps you can move the goalposts once again until you find
something that is actually sound.