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schestowitzRe: WAIT IT GETS BETTERAug 07 06:53
schestowitz> URL?Aug 07 06:53
schestowitz>Aug 07 06:53
schestowitz> Just look up his Github, it is directly on the left side where org/group info goes.Aug 07 06:53
schestowitzThanks, I saw that later. Now the FSF is in damage control mode in IRC. People in our channel also...Aug 07 06:53
schestowitz> This is so very wrong, on at least two levels:  One is the complete buyAug 07 06:54
schestowitz> into Microsoft.  The other illustrates a basic misunderstanding aboutAug 07 06:54
schestowitz> "Free Software".   Free Software is all about "the means", not aboutAug 07 06:54
schestowitz> "the ends".  Putting stuff in a vault is no more free than putting it inAug 07 06:54
schestowitz> a museum.Aug 07 06:54
schestowitzMicrosoft has had clear competitors in the past. It’s a good thing we have museums to document that.Aug 07 06:54
schestowitz-Bill GatesAug 07 06:54
schestowitz> Putting stuff in a vault is no more free than putting it in a museum.Aug 07 06:56
schestowitz>Aug 07 06:56
schestowitz> github/zerlineAug 07 06:56
schestowitz>Aug 07 06:56
schestowitz> The new board member is also on GH and ALSO an arctic code vaultAug 07 06:56
schestowitz> contributor. Just call it the FGF.Aug 07 06:56
schestowitzWill any of us do more than a meme about it? I made a meme, which triggered the FSF a bit. But Tom's argument is stronger and he's a former FSF sponsor.Aug 07 06:56
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