Re: Please, no GitHub

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Richard:

> On Dec 15, 2015, at 11:57, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
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>>> I don't see a way to do that.  Do you have any suggestions?
> 
>> Well, the easiest answer would be: $$$ but I don't know if FSF has
>> and wants to do such funding.
> 
> If we got more money, we could pay staff to work on Savannah.
> If you'd like to donate, please visit fsf.org.

If we can struck a balance between users' freedom and corporates' interests, 
not pushing either side too hard, it would be the best for us, as it maximizes 
contributions & donations coming in and still keeps our ethics. This balance is 
intricate.

>> Well, the best ethics and intention does not help if the service does not
>> work as needed and becomes a burden to projects like GNUstep. This
>> makes developers go away instead of coming in.
> 
> Our software would be pointless if not for our ethics.
> 
> Fortunately, things are not as difficult as you've made them appear.
> Savannah works, even if once in a while it takes time for some request
> to be handled.  That inconvenience doesn't stop most GNUstep
> volunteers.  And there are other ethical repository solutions too.

There is one problem for GNUstep in particular though: most of the potential 
contributors, the OS X and iOS developers, are tied up in employment so the 
aforementioned balance have to maintained or without their pay checks they 
cannot donate or contribute.

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