From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 100367 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2018 01:58:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gnutools-advocacy-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: Sender: gnutools-advocacy-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 99576 invoked by uid 89); 7 Oct 2018 01:58:10 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Checked: by ClamAV 0.100.1 on sourceware.org X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=raises, pertinent, letting, foreign X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on sourceware.org X-Spam-Level: X-HELO: fencepost.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 From: Richard Stallman To: David Edelsohn Cc: carlos@systemhalted.org, lxoliva@fsfla.org, iains.gcc@gmail.com, gnutools-advocacy@gcc.gnu.org In-Reply-To: (message from David Edelsohn on Fri, 5 Oct 2018 22:39:38 -0400) Subject: Re: GNU toolchain web page Reply-To: rms@gnu.org References: <29850D75-B7F9-41FA-8E38-B8B4915D36BC@gmail.com> Message-Id: Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0000 X-SW-Source: 2018-q4/txt/msg00031.txt.bz2 [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > Part of our freedom is the freedom to use the tools that we choose. You personally are free to use nonfree programs if you wish. The GNU Project has never advocated stopping you. However, to make them a requirement for participation in this GNU-related activity raises a serious issue. It would mean excluding GNU activists such as Alexandre and me specifically because we uphold the purpose of GNU. That's an example of "letting the means run away with the ends." > Please don't divert the conversation > and activity. The overall purpose of GNU is pertinent in all discussions of how to advance GNU. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)