On May 9, 2018, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> wrote:
On the contrary I claim that you're confusing the FSF agenda with the
GNU core values, something RMS also conceded are distinct, just that
he doesn't see the problem with the ambiguity.
Ok, I guess I should have elaborated on that point before, since you've
stated that misunderstanding before and I chose not to pursue it.
The FSF is exclusively about freedoms and rights related with software,
including human rights that are affected by software.
GNU is about developing software for the ethical reasons behind the Free
Software movement, reasons that make essential the four freedoms that
apply equally to software, documentation, and any other kind of
information for practical use.
So, you see, the GNU agenda is broader, not narrower, than the FSF's, in
spite of the *means* to advance that agenda being narrower, namely,
developing and publishing software and its corresponding documentation,
rather than all sorts of political and social activism.
For this reason, GNU might advance agendas that are slightly out of
scope for the FSF. This is one such case: opposition to censorship laws
about information for practical use is in scope for GNU, but if the
information is not in some way related with software or its
documentation, and their users in their uses thereof, it is probably out
of scope for the FSF.