CTI - Making a decision for glibc.

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jan 28, 2026, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> wrote:

> You're continuing to pretend that full time paid support contracts are
> the same as volunteer support

I'm not.  I'm merely pointing out that our alleged "full time support"
needs can't be met by any contractor whose dedication is not full time
devoted exclusively to our project.  Either the needs are for full time
support, or a part-time contractor or volunteer may be as enough as a
full-time contractor with divided dedication.  You can't have both.

> I consider your comments manipulative at the moment because you're
> forcing analogies and doomsday scenarios to try and make a point. 

Enshittification is inevitable when you don't keep your freedom.
Keeping our freedom is the only known way to avoid doomsday under
current circumstances.  You seem determined to defy that, in the hope of
not getting hurt in the process.  That's a foolish pursuit.

> The side-effect though is that you continually trying to
> stretch Free Software talking points

I'm not.  Again, your lack of knowledge of free software philosophy and
GNU principles doesn't make what I'm saying a stretch.  It's the same
foundational principle, it is widely documented in Free Software
philosophy writings.

Maybe this time you should read and understand these pieces:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260122093930/https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20260106003257/http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html

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