CTI - Making a decision for glibc.

[DJ Delorie]

I don't really have a dog in this fight, but...

Alexandre Oliva <oliva@gnu.org> writes:
> This is not about the hosting service per se,
> it's about the hostility of the hosting provider.

The only hostility I sense here is you using overly-strong words to make
anyone who doesn't agree with your version of reality "evil".  Please
stop it.  We all have the same general goal, but we all have different
ideas on how to achieve that goal.  Please be respectful of all
involved, including LF.

> merely communication and publishing, they're computing, and, when
> performed by a third party, amount to SaaSS (Service as a Software
> Substitute), a malpractice that is worse than proprietary software to
> the user whose computing is so done.

Based on RMS's definition of SaaSS, Sourceware is also SaaSS, so we
should immediately move off it.  Thanks for the warning!

And before you say I'm wrong... RMS has explicitly asked me to stop
running gcc-as-a-service on my web site, and that's GNU.  It has nothing
to do with "propriatary" and everything to do with whether someone
else's computer is running the software you use.  Which is the whole
*purpose* of Sourceware.

And yes, I see the irony here.  If the need to avoid SaaSS is absolute,
it becomes impossible to collaborate on the internet.