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Re: [PATCH] manual: Remove warning in the documentation of the abort function
On Oct 10, 2019, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> wrote:
> On 10/10/19 12:39 pm, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> I think you missed the bit I quoted above.
>>
>> Consider writing a server program that includes in responses to requests
>> it receives a message that you are supportive of. Then someone modifies
>> their copy so as to include a message you find abhorrent instead.
>>
>> The freedom to do so is encompassed by those in the Free Software
>> Definition, is it not?
> Are you kidding me? THAT is your defense?
?!? I think you're just showing how impossible it is to hold a sane
conversation surrounding this topic at this time.
See, you claimed censorship was not in the GNU charter, and that the
stance against censorship was somehow coming from the FSF.
I explained that your assumption was mistaken, that free speech is
actually encompassed by the four software freedoms that the Free
Software Movement, GNU and FSF all promote and defend.
Instead of realizing that the statement only countered your mistaken
attribution of the anti-censorship position exclusively to the FSF, you
appear to mistake that as intended to support my objection to the patch.
It would indeed support an objection to the patch, but that's not the
context in which I presented the argument.
My objection to the patch is based on the understanding that
conversation about this topic at this time is not possible, because of
the already inflamed moods and the inflammatory topics surrounding the
patch.
--
Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter he/him https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo
Be the change, be Free! FSF VP & FSF Latin America board member
GNU Toolchain Engineer Free Software Evangelist
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