[rain1@airmail.cc] Delete abortion joke

[Siddhesh Poyarekar]

On 05/04/2018 01:41 AM, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> I'd have thought essential core values and the project leader's request
> would trample aesthetic reasons, personal preferences and even the
> discomfort of extending the coverage of a taboo topic.  But no, the

The reason for me is not aesthetic, nor are the topics taboo. Your 
extension of the definition of core values of the GNU project is a 
feature creep that risks diluting the original message that the GNU 
project holds up for the Free software movement, which is software 
freedom.  It is a message that gets continually eroded as corporations 
try and find ways to be compliant by giving away as less of the freedoms 
as they can or diluting them as much as they can.

 > project has been taken out of the hands of its founder, and most of
 > the
 > appointed stewards seem to think it's reasonable to disregard it, to
 > betray the core values, to practice the opposite of what we should
 > stand
 > for, so that we can have bland, pasteurized, neutral purely technical
 > documentation that won't bring anyone any moral discomfort.  Way to go

The point is not to make the manual bland and neutral, it is to avoid 
giving an excuse to take focus away from the core idea of software 
freedom.  It is not the opposite of what we stand for, it is a clear 
separation so that we don't end up confusing all of the things we stand for.

> to open sores hell: losing the moral backbone, standing for nothing,
> giving up and betraying the essential freedoms.  What a shame!

Alex please think about what you're working so hard to defend and 
reinstate here.

It is a joke.
That is not even that funny.
That is not even that effective in communicating its purpose clearly.
That is barely read by anyone given its place in the manual.
That not relevant to the manual
That risks diluting our core message of the GNU project

Please think about whether this is worth accusing well meaning friends 
of losing their moral compass.

Siddhesh