From: Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com>
To: gnutools-advocacy@gcc.gnu.org,Alexandre Oliva
<lxoliva@fsfla.org>,David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>
Cc: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>,Carlos O'Donell
<carlos@systemhalted.org>,iains.gcc@gmail.com
Subject: Re: GNU toolchain web page
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45AA782B-502B-4BE9-9CBB-76917338CBD0@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <orsh1jmtjj.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org>
On October 6, 2018 9:19:12 AM GMT+02:00, Alexandre Oliva <lxoliva@fsfla.org> wrote:
>On Oct 5, 2018, David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Part of our freedom is the freedom to use the tools that we choose.
>
>Maybe I shall point out the resemblance to the philosophical argument
>on
>whether one has the freedom to enslave oneself.
>
>But it suffices for me to say that I did not choose to use those tools.
>
>If we're going to decide collectively what tools we're going to use as
>a
>group, then we presumably won't choose tools that are not usable by
>some
>of us.
>
>Now, if some are going to impose their choices on others, that's
>definitely not what my understanding of what freedom is about.
It's the freedom of choice for the contributor. The project can of course reject contributions but in this case it's the content that counts, not the delivery method.
Richard.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-06 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-01 0:00 Iain Sandoe
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Joseph Myers
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Richard Biener
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Richard Biener [this message]
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Richard Biener
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` David Edelsohn
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Richard Stallman
2018-01-01 0:00 ` Alexandre Oliva
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