commit cdb886c106f0287745b7599a08ad1acb694277e5 Author: tolstoevsky Date: Thu Apr 1 13:17:58 2021 +0000 init diff --git a/rms.markdown b/rms.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce8d896 --- /dev/null +++ b/rms.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,528 @@ +% Defend Richard Stallman! +% Leah Rowe +% 31 March 2021 + +I support freedom of speech. **Translations wanted for this article. I want +this news article to be available in as many languages as possible. +Download the Markdown file here: [rms.markdown](rms.markdown) and then +translate it into your language. Send the translated file to ** + +2 years ago, known *Thought Criminal* Richard M Stallman was falsely accused of +defending *rape* in an Orwellian smear campaign, orchestrated by mainstream +media at the behest of proprietary software vendors. 36 years fighting +for *your* digital freedom, cancelled. It was so vicious that he resigned from +his post as president of the Free Software Foundation. The FSF did nothing to +protect or defend him. However, *you* can defend him! + +On 21 March 2021, FSF board of directors re-instated Richard Stallman. In +response, the media started a new smear campaign. A petition was created, +calling for the forceful removal of RMS and the entire FSF board of directors. +RMS has been wrongly accused of sexism, transphobia, ableism and a whole host +of things intended to discredit him. Do not listen to any of it. Richard +Stallman's political [notes](https://www.stallman.org/archives/) and +[articles](https://stallman.org/#politics) paint the picture of a man who has +staunchly campaigned *against* bigotry in all its forms! + +**In response, we, the Free software movement, started our own petition. We +wish for RMS to remain in his post, and for the FSF to hold their ground. We +call for the FSF to defend Richard Stallman's honour and his legacy. Richard +Stallman is a human being, whose right to free speech was heavily suppressed. +We must demonstrate our support of him to the FSF, loudly and clearly.** + +**If you support Free Software, believe in freedom of speech, freedom of +community and social justice (true social justice, where a person is treated +with dignity and not cancelled just for their beliefs), sign your name here:** + +**** + +The *opposing* petition calling for Richard's removal will not be linked here, +because it is important not to strengthen it. Boosting the search engine +rankings of our opposition would only help them attack RMS. Similarly, their +smear campaigns will not be linked here directly, only condemned! + +Instructions for how to sign your name are on that page. If you represent a +project, please put that in brackets and state your position. For instance, if +you are John Doe and your project is named Foobar Libre, +write `John Doe (Foobar Libre developer)` +or e.g. `John Doe (Foobar Libre founder and lead developer)`. If you are an +FSF member (e.g. associate member), put that in brackets too. + +If you are a member of a project/organisation that signed the anti-RMS list, +it is *especially* important to state that you are from said project when +signing the *pro*-RMS list. You should also talk to people in your project or +organisation, and try to persuade them to change their minds! + +In addition to signing your name, if you're in a software project, get your +project to officially come out in support of Richard! He needs every bit of +support we can get. We, the Free Software movement, as activists must lend him +all of our strength! + +**Don't be fooled. If a Free Software project is on the anti-RMS list, that +just means the leadership implemented said decision. It says nothing of the +individuals inside said organisation.** + +Please also *email* the FSF and tell them you support Richard! The FSF's +contact details are here: + +Our opponents wish to destroy Free Software +=========================================== + +Our opponent's true target is *not* Richard Stallman; their real aim is to +destroy the FSF by thoroughly infiltrating it (like they already have with +organisations like the OSI and Linux Foundation). These people even started an +online petition calling for RMS's forceful removal and for the entire board of +directors at the FSF to resign from their posts. This is clearly an attempt +at a coup to overthrow the FSF! Out of fear, many known Free Software projects +joined in on the anti-RMS witch hunt because they did not want to +be *cancelled* either. **The list that attacks Richard has Microsoft, Google, +OSI, Linux Foundation, Gnome Foundation and Ethical Source people on it! These +people oppose Free Software ideologically (even if some of them do produce free +software sometimes, for reasons other than promoting freedom) and many of them +have actively sought to destroy it for years! How dare these people claim to +represent us!**. + +The letter opposing RMS talks the talk, but it does not walk the walk. The +people on that list do *not* represent us! If you do see actual Free Software +developers on the list, please talk to them. Do not be hateful or spiteful, +just talk to them: tell them that they have been misled by a hateful campaign. +We need unity in our movement. You see, it's likely that a lot of people who +signed the opposing list were just *scared*; at the beginning, the petition +supporting RMS did not exist, and so it was not known how many people supported +RMS. In other words, many people likely signed the anti-RMS list because they +were scared of becoming outcasts. This is because last time, we were caught +off guard. We stayed silent last time, but we will not be silent this time! + +**As of 31 March 2021, 02:50 AM UK time, we are winning! The letter calling for +RMS's removal has 2959 signatures. *Our* letter supporting and defending RMS +has 4533 signatures! That's a 60% approval rating, if you add up both numbers +but our petition is rising in popularity much faster while the anti-RMS +petition has stalled. People see that it's OK to support RMS, because it is. +RMS is innocent of wrongdoing!** + +Richard Stallman is our hero +============================ + +I strongly believe in +[free software ideology](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html). I am the +founder of Libreboot, and its lead developer. When I first started using Free +Software as a teenager in the mid 2000s, Richard Stallman's lectures were among +the biggest influences on me; Richard founded +the [GNU project](https://www.gnu.org/) in 1983 and +the [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/) in 1985. I also saw the +film *Revolution OS* and read Eric Raymond's *Cathedral and the Bazaar*. I very +quickly became fascinated but it was the articles by Richard on the GNU project +website that heavily inspired me. For a few years however, I identified as +an *open source supporter* until I gravitated towards the Free Software camp +in 2009. I had worked sysadmin and IT support jobs at companies, working mostly +with proprietary software including Windows, while at home I taught myself +programming on GNU+Linux. I hated working with proprietary systems, precisely +because of how restrictive they were compared to my systems at home, which all +ran various GNU+Linux distributions (I also toyed with OpenBSD). When I did my +A-Levels, I studied computing but they forced us to use the proprietary Visual +Studio IDE and C\#; I hated it, but coped with it by using Mono at home for +class assignments. It wasn't long after I joined as an FSF Associate Member in +2013 that my life took a huge turn, and Libreboot was a huge part of it. +Needless to say, I strive to eliminate my dependence on proprietary software and +I want others to experience such freedom aswell. + +Richard Stallman's articles and video lectures were what led me down this path. +I have met the man 5 times, in 3 different countries. + +In the early days of computing, most (if not all) software was shared freely +with source code. In the early 1980s, when software started becoming more +commercial, companies started making software *proprietary* which meant that +the software no longer came with source code or otherwise placed *restrictions* +on the use, development or sharing of that software. This meant that computer +users no longer had *freedom* over their computing; by the time the GNU project +started in 1983, *free software* did not exist! Richard Stallman, faced with +the possibility of making large amounts of money as a proprietary software +developer, staunchly resisted this trend and began the GNU project to create a +completely free operating system that people could run on their computers. + +I believe in Free Software for the same reason I believe in public education; +I believe that knowledge is a human right. For example, I believe that all kids +are entitled to learn Mathematics. I believe the same thing about Computer +Science. Education is a human right. I want everyone to have freedom; the right +to read, to a community and to free speech. *Programming* counts as speech, and +I believe that all good work is based on the work of others; this is why the +right to a community is critical. The *four freedoms* are paramount. I am a +staunch supporter of *copyleft* and I believe that it should be mandatory, by +law, for all creative and/or intellectual works. I use +the [GNU General Public License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/#GPL) whenever +possible, and I strongly advocate for its adoption everywhere. + +Free software still has a *long* way to go. The mission of the GNU project and +the Free Software movement is to *eradicate* proprietary software in our world +and give everyone exclusively free software. That is a most noble mission which +the Libreboot project shares. Companies like Apple and Microsoft resist us at +every turn. Logic is highly proprietary; manufacturers of computer chips/boards +heavily restrict access to knowledge about how the hardware works, and they put +in DRM (such as cryptographic signature checks of firmware) to restrict our +progress; this is why Libreboot still has very weak hardware support, as of the +date this article is being published. *Right to repair* is a critical component +of our fight, in particular, as a part of the wider OSHW (Free/libre Hardware) +movement. Another problem we face is *serialization* of components, where the +same component can no longer be used to replace another, in modern devices; the +software on said device might check whether the new part is *authorized* and +refuse to work if it isn't. We in the freedom movement are under constant +attacks, in a legal and technical sense. Large tech companies use every dirty +trick in the book to thwart our efforts. + +If it weren't for Richard Stallman's work, Libreboot would not exist. All works +are derivative in human society; we stand on the shoulder of giants. The GNU +project almost had a complete operating system, and finally they had one piece +missing, the *kernel*; this program sits at the heart of the operating system, +talking to hardware and allocating system resources, providing an interface on +which application software can run. GNU had started work on a kernel which they +called *Hurd*, but this is still far from complete as of 2021. Fortunately, +another project called *Linux* appeared in the early 90s and was released under +the GNU GPL, which meant that people were able to combine a modified GNU system +with Linux to create a complete operating system; the first *GNU+Linux +distributions* were born! It is from all of this that our movement, the Free +Software movement, began, and without it, I doubt we'd have such wide access to +free computing today. I cannot imagine a world where Libreboot and GNU do not +both exist. + +Could coreboot have existed without GNU+Linux? I doubt it very much! +It's possible that Linux on its own may have still existed, but would it have +been Free Software by today? Would it have reached the level it did today? +In that reality, BSD projects might have taken over instead, and would they +have had the ideological drive to ensure that all computer users had freedom, +or would they simply regard the source code as a *reference* for *educational +purposes only*? + +You see, Richard Stallman's work in the 80s was *revolutionary* and without him, +none of us would be here today. The people in charge of big tech companies like +Apple and Microsoft hate us, and have been attacking our movement for years. +That's what the attacks on RMS have been about. They do *not* care what Richard +did or didn't do at any given point in time. + +Richard had been president of the Free Software Foundation since its inception +in 1985, spreading Free Software ideology all over the world; until, that is, +he was cancelled in 2019 in the most *Orwellian* smear campaign possible. + +Anyone familiar with Libreboot probably already knows all of the above, or they +are familiar with the gist of it, so why am I talking about the FSF, GNU and +Richard Stallman today? Because of something very sinister that is currently +happening. + +Don't just take my word for it. Stephen Fry, a well-known GNU+Linux user, did +this video in 2008 praising the GNU project and supporting Free Software: + + + +in case it doesn't load, try this link: + + +RMS is NOT transphobic +====================== + +I've been good friends with Richard for many years. I *did* have a falling out +with him (publicly so) a few years ago, but we made up. He has always +respected me. + +When my project, Libreboot, was in the process of joining GNU, I wasn't out as +trans. I came out as trans not long before Libreboot became GNU Libreboot. +RMS switched to she/her with me on the spot. No problems. + +Some people have linked to the following article and suggested that he is +transphobic: + +Specifically, people believe that RMS refuses to use correct pronouns with +people. People believe that RMS is transphobic for saying per/perse instead of +accepting they/them. + +Let me tell you something: + +Richard sent *me* and several other people a copy of that article when he was +drafting it. I repeatedly urged RMS not to do per/perse when he suggested it. +I strongly suggested that he use they/them when referring to someone generically. +When he decided to use per/perse, I was annoyed but not offended; you see, I +regard it as *idiotic*. Clearly, they/them is commonly understood and will +cause the least amount of misunderstanding. + +Being foolish is not the same thing as being transphobic. If you actually tell +Richard your preferred pronouns, he'll use them with you without hesitation. + +Several of my friends are trans and also speak to Richard, mostly via email. +He respects their pronouns also. + +Funnily enough, the GNU project has these guidelines about pronouns: + - see: + + +Not transphobic. At all. Same per/pers bullshit. Not transphobic, just stupid. +I wasn't misgendered by other GNU developers when my project, Libreboot, was +in GNU. Calling RMS a transphobe is an *insult* to people who suffer from real +transphobia. + +Background information +====================== + +*I could* address each specific accusation made against him, but other articles +already do that; those articles are written much better than anything I could +ever write, so please click on the links below. + +I feel no need to re-invent the wheel. The whole purpose of this article was +just to express my support for Richard Stallman, and to defend his honour. His +time *will* end one day, and he deserves for that to come naturally. However, +there is still much that he can contribute! + +The following articles more or less describe accurately what happened since +September 2019 when the events surrounding Richard Stallman started: + + + +Here is another article expressing support for Richard, and it too has details +about the events that took place: + + + +This video by *DistroTube* provides an excellent account of events aswell: + + + +Exposing our opponents for who they are +======================================= + +Our problem, in defending Richard Stallman, is that opponents of the Free +Software movement have learned to co-opt our language. They talk the talk and +they wear the colours, but make no mistake: their actions and their intentions +do not reflect the ideology they claim to represent! There *are* genuinely some +Free Software activists and organanisations on that list, who have been misled +or have some other reason to oppose RMS; my focus will not be on those people, +but hopefully some of those people and organisations will change their mind if +they read what I have to say! + +I do not subscribe to *cancel culture*. Some of these people may well try to +cancel *me* but I would never do the same to them. This entire article merely +aims to defend RMS against the vicious smear campaigns. To do that, we will +explore some of the people on that anti-RMS list. + +I said I wouldn't directly link to the list calling for RMS's removal, so I +will print the URL below without making it a hyperlink (this prevents it from +being boosted in search engines). Look at the names on their list: + +**https://rms-open-letter.github.io/** + +Don't be fooled! The open source movement is *not* the same as the Free +Software movement! The following article describes how Open Source differs from +Free Software: + + +I will focus on the people in the main list of signers, and maybe talk about +specific organisations (or other names) on that list. Some of them are +otherwise reasonable people besides their anti-RMS stance (which means they +were misled, most likely), whereas some people on the list are *nasty*. + +I will jump straight into it: + +Redhat pulling funding from FSF +------------------------------- + +RedHat announced, in response to RMS's re-instatement at the FSF, that they +would remove their funding for the FSF. They joined in on the usual smear +campaign. + +RedHat is owned by known non-free software company IBM these days. Their +enterprise GNU+Linux distro comes with plenty of non-free software and they +actively tell their customers how to get more; they do nothing to advance free +software and merely see it as something *they* can use. They do not believe in +FSF ideology. More info about the merger: + +Redhat *very recently* killed CentOS. CentOS was a community edition of RHEL, +with a strong community backing. In other words, Redhat actively took a step +that *hurts* the community. More info: + + +Look at that: + + +Does this look like a company that cares about Free Software? + +Why should we care what RedHat thinks? If they pull funding, that's one less +corrupting influence to worry about! Redhat does not believe in free software +(they may have believed in open source at one point, but that time is probably +long gone now that they've been bought by IBM) + +OSI/Microsoft connection +------------------------ + +OSI is short for *Open Source Initiative*. This organisation started as an +offshoot of the Free Software Foundation in an attempt to make Free Software +more marketable to large corporations. Read about the OSI here: + + +They say a picture speaks a thousand words: + +![](https://web.archive.org/web/20210318230618if_/http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/osi-microsoft-photo-op.jpg) + +From left to right, their names (all prominent OSI leaders/influencers), where +left is *your* left and *their* right (for the phono in the photos) are: + +Back row: Faidon Liambotis, Chris Lamb, Simon Phipps, Allison Randal, Molly de Blanc, Patrick Masson + +Front row: Josh Simmons, VM Brasseur, Carol Smith, Italo Vignoli, Richard Fontana. + +All of these people are highly influential at the OSI. Several former presidents. + +Does this look strange to you? Look where they are. The photo comes from this +news article: +(archive: ) + +Microsoft is a major sponsor of the OSI. OSI themselves have an article on +their website, stating this: +(archive: ) + +When your organisation starts to depend on large amounts of funding by +companies like Microsoft (who have rigorously *attacked* Free Software *and* +Open Source for years), you are *going* to lose sight of some of your ideals. +You will lose some of that *spark* you previously had in you. You will start +doing what your donors tell you, because you fear the loss of that funding. +Microsoft, over the years, has dived into their version of what they regard as +*open source*; in reality, it's just *openwashing* (like whitewashing, but with +Open Source perspective instead), and Microsoft's core products such as Windows +are still very much non-free! Microsoft still campaigns hard for *your* lack of +freedom by getting more and more computers locked down with things like +SecureBoot and cryptographically signed firmware. + +So if Microsoft has hated Richard Stallman for years, and wanted to destroy him +for years, and Microsoft has financial influence at the Open Source Initiative, +on organization that could *somewhat credibly* speak Free Software lingo, would +that not be the best thing ever for Microsoft? Imagine being Microsoft. You'd +jump at the opportunity, right? Someone tell me I'm not the only one here. + +Even if Microsoft wasn't heavily attached to the OSI, would the OSI have any +right using the language of Free Software while claiming to be a part of our +community? Open source is not a part of the Free Software movement! It is an +ideological competitor to Free Software. + +Fun fact: + +The OSI recently banned Eric S Raymond (co-founder of the OSI) from their +mailing lists, after certain comments he made defending the OSI against +infiltration by the *Ethical Source* movement and against oppressive codes of +conducts that stifle free speech. Despite the name, Ethical Source +licenses are in fact *non-free* because they put restrictions on usage of the +software; if the author of such software disagrees with your political views, +they can ban you from using the software. This is wrong! People like Coraline +Ada Ehmke (leader of Ethical Source movement) were trying to influence the OSI +so as to re-write the *Open Source Definition*. This video provides some nice +introductory information: + + + +In the OSI's case, they probably won't let Eric back in; though even if I +disagree with Open Source (I'm a Free Software activist), Open Source isn't at +a bad thing per se, just ideologically lacking; Ethical Source people like +Coraline Ada Ehmke will cause extreme amounts of damage if they get their way +(they've already infiltrated several well-known Free Software and Open Source +aligned projects by getting them to introduce a Code of Conduct; Libreboot +recently came to the good sense to scrap its Code of Conduct, which was none +other than Coraline's Contributor Covenant) + +Everyone should send Eric Raymond a supportive email. He did the right thing. +Tell him you care. I've never heard anything especially horrible about him. +He's very reasonable and a nice person; outspoken and unfiltered while still +being respectful (in my opinion, having read some of his articles), which is +quite refreshing. + +Microsoft employees +------------------- + +Yes, Microsoft employees are on the anti-RMS list. + +*What business do these people have lecturing us about Free Software ideals or +about FSF affairs?* + +Microsoft is a mortal enemy of the Free Software movement. Microsoft isn't +foolish enough to sign their entire company name onto the list, because then +that would be game over for the anti-RMS campaign; so instead, they use their +corrupting influences at various organisations that supposedly represent us. + +If I were Microsoft, I'd ask these people to remove their names from the list. +It actually hurts their anti-RMS efforts, for such people to have their +position at Microsoft stated like this, even if it's just a few people. + +None of their people on this list seem to be high up at Microsoft. I would be +inclined to believe that they published their names independently, without +direction. No sane Microsoft boss would want Microsoft listed on that page, in +any capacity! + +Gnome Foundation (has been deeply connected to Microsoft) +--------------------------------------------------------- + +NOTE: Do not confused the Gnome *community* with the Gnome *Foundation*. They +are *very* different things! + +There are well-known connections between members of the Gnome Foundation with +Microsoft. Here is an article: + + + +They have been attacking RMS for years: + + + +So, of course, it's not credible for these people to represent themselves on +behalf of the Free Software movement! + +The following Gnome Foundation members are on the core signers list of the +anti-RMS petition, and associated with the Gnome Foundation: + +* Molly de Blanc (Debian Project, GNOME Foundation) **(also associated with OSI)** +* Neil McGovern (GNOME Foundation Executive Director, Former Debian Project Leader) +* Luis Villa (Former Director of the Open Source Initiative and the GNOME Foundation; contributor to the GPL v3 drafting process) + +In other cases, I wouldn't choose to list names, but Neil and Molly are two of +the people with push/pull/review rights on the anti-RMS github site. I feel the +need to mention their names; see also that they are both members of the Debian +project. + +Coraline Ada Ehmke (Founder, Organization for Ethical Source) +------------------------------------------------------------- + +Coraline is the founder of the *Ethical source* movement. Despite the name, it +is actually distributing *non-free* licenses; non-free because they put +restrictions on the usage of software licensed under it. If you use software +under one of those licenses, and the author disagrees with you politically, +the author can ban you from using that software. + +I for one believe in freedom! I want freedom for *everyone*, including those +whom I politically disagree with! + +Discriminating based on someones beliefs is always wrong. No ifs, no buts. +I want my *political opponents* to have freedom, because: + +* If I were able to take away my enemy's freedom, they could take away mine. +* If my enemy were able to take away my freedom, I could take away theirs. + +Coraline is also quite abusive online. There are numerous accounts of her +terrorizing companies/projects, acting like a bully. There's a chance that she +might even target the Libreboot project, if someone tells her of this article. + +She is a horrible person. + +She's more well known for the Contributor Covenant, a template code of conduct +that some projects use. We in Libreboot recommend that you do not have a code +of conduct, because it alienates new contributors and creates a self-censored +environment where people feel unable to express their views about issues; you +see, freedom of speech is healthy, and it's quite common sense to just deal +with bad behaviours. Contributor Covenant is a trojan horse; that's what they +push on you first, and then they'll recommend you use an Ethical Source license. +Once you take your first dose of Ethical Source, they'll sink their claws into +your project. Do not let these types of people infiltrate your project! + +Do not listen to Coraline Ada Ehmke or anyone like her! She is fuelled by +hatred and bigotry *herself*. She is completely intolerant of other people's +views and regularly tries to *destroy* people she disagrees with. + +Conclusion +========== + +That's all! + +Defend RMS! + +Can't be bothered to write more. I was going to go through the list more +exhaustively, but I think you see the point. diff --git a/rms_ru.markdown b/rms_ru.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2aaee16 --- /dev/null +++ b/rms_ru.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +% Защитите Ричарда Столлмана! +% Leah Rowe +% 31 March 2021 + +Я поддерживаю свободу слова. + +Два года назад известный **мыслепреступник** Ричард М. Столлман был ложно обвинён в оправдании *изнасилования* в клеветнической кампании в Оруэлловском стиле, дирижируемой крупными медиа по указке производителе проприетарного ПО. 36 лет борьбы за *вашу* цифровую свободу — отменены. это было настолько мерзко, что он ушёл с поста президента Фонда СПО. ФСПО ничего не сделал для его защиты. Но *вы* можете защитить его! + +21 марта 2021, совет директоров ФСПО восстановил Ричарда Столлмана в должности. В ответ, СМИ начали кампанию очернения. Была создана петиция, призывающая к устранению Столлмана и всего совета директоров ФСПО. РМС был ошибочно обвинён в сексизме, трансфобии, эйллизме и огромной кучи вещей, нацеленных на его дискредитацию. Не слушайте ничего из этого. В политических [заметках](https://www.stallman.org/archives/) и [статьях](https://stallman.org/#politics) Ричарда Столлмана вырисовывается портрет человека, решительно выступающего *против* фанатизма во всех его формах! + +**В ответ мы, Движение за Свободное ПО, запустили свою петицию. Мы хотим, чтоб РМС остался на своём посту, и чтоб ФСПО держали оборону. Мы призываем ФСПО защитить честь и наследение Ричарда Столлмана. Ричард Столлман — человек, чьё право на свободу слова было грубо подавлено. Мы должны продемонстрировать свою поддержку Ричарда Столлмана Фонду СПО, громко и ясно.** + +**Если вы поддерживаете Свободное ПО, верите в свободу слова, свободу сообщества и социальную справедливость (настоящую социальную справедливость, где к личности относятся достойно и не "отменяют" просто за её убеждения), поставьте подпись здесь:** + +**** + +Ссылка на петицию *противников*, призывающих к устранению Столлмана, не будет размещена здесь, ибо очень важно не придавать ей дополнительного веса. Продвижение ссылки в поисковых движках только поможет им атаковать РМС. По той же причине не будет и прямых ссылок на кампанию очернения, только её осуждение! + +Инструкции по подписанию петиции размещены по ссылке выше. Если вы представляете какой-либо проект, пусть ваш проект официально выступит в поддержку Ричарда! Ему нужна каждая капля поддержки, которую мы можем дать. Мы, Движение за Свободное ПО, должны предоставить ему всю свою мощь! + +**Не дайте себя обмануть. Если в списке противников РМС присутствует Свободный проект, это означет лишь, что его лидеры приняли указанное решение. Это не говорит ничего о людях внутри организации.** + +Пожалуйста, отправьте также письмо в ФСПО и расскажите в нём о своей поддержке Ричарда! Контакты ФСПО — здесь: + +Наши противники желают уничтожить Свободное ПО +============================================== + +Истинная цель наших оппонентов — *не* Ричард Столлман, их истинная цель — уничтожить ФСПО через внедрение (как они уже поступили с такими организациями как OSI и Linux Foundation). Эти люди также организовали петицию, призывающую к принудительной отставке РМС всего совета директоров ФСПО. Это очевидная попытка переворота внутри FSF! Забудьте страх, многие известные Свободные проекты присоединились к охоте на ведьм, потому что боятся быть *отменёнными* заодно с РМС. **Список атакующих Ричарда включает в себя людей из Microsoft, Google, OSI, Linux Foundation, Gnome Foundation и Ethical Source! Эти люди — идеологические противники СПО (даже если некоторые из них порой порой производят свободное ПО по причинам, далёким от продвижения идей Свободы), и многие из них активно стремились уничтожить его годами! Как смеют эти люди пытаться говорить за нас!**. + +Письмо против РМС — собака, лающая на караван. Люди из этого списка *не* представляют нас! Если вы общаетесь с реальными разработчиками СПО из списка, пожалуйста, поговорите с ними. Без ненависти и злобы, просто поговорите: расскажите, что они введены в заблуждение кампанией ненависти. Нашему движению нужно единство. По-видимому, множество людей подписали эту петицию просто из *страха*, поначалу-то петиции в поддержку Столлмана не существовало, и они просто не знали, сколько народу его поддерживает. Другими словами, многие подписали петицию против РМС, просто, чтоб не стать изгоем. Это потому, что нас застали врасплох в прошлый раз. Тогда мы промолчали, но сейчас молчать не будем! + +**По состоянию на 31 марта 2021, 02:50 по британскому времени, мы побеждаем! Письмо с призывом отставки РМС набрало 2959 подписей. *Наше* письмо в поддержку и защиту РМС — 4533! Это 60% рейтинг одобрения, если сложить эти числа, но наша петиция набиарет популярность быстрее, в то время как петиция противников приостановилась. Люди видят, что это нормально — поддерживать РМС, потому что это так и есть. РМС ни в чём не виноват!** + +Ричард Столлман — наш герой +=========================== + +Я глубоко верю в [идеологию Свободного ПО](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html). Я основатель проекта Libreboot, и его основной разработчик. Когда я, подростком, начала пользоваться СПО, в 2000х, лекции Ричарда Столлмана оказали на меня огромное влияние; Ричард основал [GNU project](https://www.gnu.org/) в 1983 и [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/) в 1985. Я также смотрела фильм *Revolution OS* и читала *Собор и Базар* Эрика Рэймонда. Я очень быстро была очарована, но были и статьи Ричарда на сайте проекта GNU, что сильно меня вдохновили. Тем не менее, несколько лет я считала себя *сторонником open source*, пока меня не занесло на на Free Software camp в 2009. А работала сисадмином и техподдержкой в компаниях, использовавших в основном проприетарный софт, включая Windows, в то время как дома училась программировать под GNU+Linux. Я ненавидела работать с проприетарными системами, в первую очередь из-за того, как сильно они ограничивали мои возможности в сравнении с системами, стоявшими у меня дома, каждая из которых работала на различных дистрибутивал GNU+Linux (ну, ещё я игралась с OpenBSD). В начале обучения компьютерному ремеслу меня заставляли использовать проприетарные Visual Studio и C\#; я ненавидела это, но обходилась использованием Mono дома для выполнения домашних заданий. Вскоре после того, как я присоединилась к FSF как Associate Member в 2013, моя жизнь совершила крутой поворот, и немалую роль в нём сыграл Libreboot. Не стоит и говорить, что я стремилась устранить свою зависимости от проприетарного ПО и хотела дать и остальным это ощущение свободы. + +