Re: The problem on the foundation front page



Murray,

I deeply regret if I made impression of any kind of "thought police".
All I wanted was clarity and unambiguity (=unequivocalness).

Regards,

Sergey

On Nov 15, 2007 4:13 PM, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 08:12 -0300, Bruno Boaventura wrote:
> > On Nov 14, 2007 2:53 PM, Richard Stallman <rms gnu org> wrote:
> > > That is a legitimate approach, and it can be helpful as you say.
> > > However, those precise words are subject to the reading, not intended,
> > > which Sergey saw in them.  Perhaps a rewording, or a link to
> > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html,
> > > would help clarify this.
> >
> > I have the same thought. A link to www.opensource.org can bring out
> > the idea: "Free Software" =  "Open Source".
>
> I would prefer GNOME to officially withdraw from GNU rather than be
> repeatedly subject to the thought police. We happily represent a range
> of opinions and can't possibly be forced to forever avoid any mention of
> something that you don't agree with and/or be forced to promote exactly
> what you think is important this week in exactly the words that you
> dictate to us. No, I don't want to argue with you about it.
>
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