7:46 a.m.
Hi Andreas,
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 12:46:58PM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote:
Indeed this web page is a good example of an inextricable amalgam
between
GNU and the FSF; it is completely unclear who is responsible for the page.
The URL starts with the gnu.org domain.
The box starts with:
"This page is maintained by the Free Software Foundation's Licensing and
Compliance Lab."
The title of the page is:
"Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)"
The last paragraph starts with
"If you have questions or comments about these guidelines themselves, feel
free to send those to <licensing(a)fsf.org>."
Then there is some advertisement to join the FSF.
Finally the footer starts with
"Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <gnu(a)gnu.org>."
Why should we send general FSF inquiries to gnu(a)gnu.org?
Indeed I still think this page looks more like FSF than GNU matter:
theoretically, even a non-GNU distribution could qualify as free.
Then it is weird to discuss FSF matter on a private GNU list
(even more so than discussing GNU matter on a private GNU list :-))
Agreed. But at least we are discussing this now here, which is a
public (although subscribers only) list.
> Lets raise this issue again. The FSF finally has a new
president, so
> hopefully they are a bit more responsive this time around:
>
https://www.fsf.org/news/geoffrey-knauth-elected-free-software-foundation...
Thanks for the heads up, I had indeed not heard about it. And I agree
with raising the issue again; maybe we could simply resend the mail
to the new board?
I couldn't find an email address for the new president nor could I
find how to contact the FSF board. I did however see the new FSF
president on irc (he is gknauth on irc.gnu.org), but haven't yet been
able to talk to him when we were both online. But maybe it is better
to raise the individual issues with the people who are really handling
them instead of trying to resolve all issues at once.
So in this case we should probably simply contact Craig and Donald who
run the Free Software Foundation's Licensing and Compliance Lab and do
have contact information online.
Cheers,
Mark