The debian-private mailing list leak, part 1. Volunteers have complained about Blackmail. Lynchings. Character assassination. Defamation. Cyberbullying. Volunteers who gave many years of their lives are picked out at random for cruel social experiments. The former DPL's girlfriend Molly de Blanc is given volunteers to experiment on for her crazy talks. These volunteers never consented to be used like lab rats. We don't either. debian-private can no longer be a safe space for the cabal. Let these monsters have nowhere to hide. Volunteers are not disposable. We stand with the victims.
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How to respond to this?

So, how should I respond to this?

> We will certainly go along with your development of Debian.  The GPL
> says that everyone is welcome to redistribute and change GNU software,
> and that includes your group.

This pretty much means he'd be willing to tolerate our existence.
It doesn't mean much else as far as I can tell.

> The question I'm concerned with is whether the FSF should still be
> actively involved with Debian--that is, do more than just go along.

Since we've done so well without sponsorship so far, and we've held off
on forming a consortium in order to avoid the politics, I think this would
be a mistake.

> We decided to sponsor Debian work because Ian Murdock wanted to work
> with the GNU project.  He and I both wanted Debian to be a preliminary
> go at "the" GNU system.

This is what gives me a real problem. I don't like the idea of being "the"
GNU system. That sounds like it would definitely require embracing all of
RMS private goals.

> You don't share Murdock's interest in that goal.  We could still go
> ahead on our own, without expecting your help.  But if that means
> abandoning our technical goals, or implementing them with far more
> work than it ought to take, we should probably find another approach.

This still sounds like "I really want it done my way", doesn't it?
This is what gives me the feeling we aren't really negociating here.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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