Re: Introduction: [...]

Hi - (Not singling Ben out at all, but a general comment:) I am getting the sense that some members of this group are contemplating actions much more specific than that, proposing or organizing FSF-disconnected governance structures, possibly forking GNU projects. To a fence-sitter or outsider, that doesn't make sense, becuase the web site's social contract / conduct terminology say nothing about that. Heck, it seems to me that RMS himself or his fans could all come here, and with full honesty "acknowledge and agree" to the general contract/conduct. It is all about aspirational present/future behaviour, not the past, after all. What then? Is this group pre-committed to forming new project bodies, setting rules, taking other actions that change existing maintenance / affiliation relationships, or excluding people who might not have lived up to your understanding of the social-contract in the past? If so, IMHO the web site should just come out and say that. Clarity is good! - FChE