New antifeature: Political messaging

[David Hedlund]

I added a "Political messaging" antifeature label here
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Antifeatures#Political_messaging

Let us know if you find a political messaging GNU/Linux software, so we
can label it "Political messaging".

On 2021-08-03 20:23, Lorenzo L. Ancora via wrote:
>> The easter eggs were a bit questionable at times, but Notepad++ is
>> still free software whether you agree with them or not.
>
> I'll proceed and write down some of the jokes you are  - I suppose
> unknowingly - referring to:
>
> * "If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its
> yours forever. If it doesn't, you hunt that bitch down and kill her."
>
> * "I'm not saying I hate her. I just hope she gets fingered by
> wolverine."
>
> * "The reason women will never be the ones to propose is because as
> soon as she gets on her knees, he will start unzipping."
>
> ...and I also explained in the previous emails what I saw.
>
>> Free software should have a place in the Free Software Directory.
>
> ...and the word "should" is key. You wrote "should", not "must",
> because you know allowing Notepad++ has the potential of compromising
> your future, since this software has officially become a political
> tool, thus by linking to it you'll be forced into a political stance
> against certain "hot" countries.
>
> If one day China or another aggressive country decides to not only
> censor Notepad++ but also all websites that link to it, your current
> decision would cut off millions of end users from the FSD and the FSF.
> In addition, you likely don't want to attract the attention of a
> government which isn't an ally of your country, because that would
> also mean that your users/staff would end under surveillance too in
> case something negative happens.
>
> As a curiosity, did you know that China has a database to track the
> online communications of many Italian citizens, even people who never
> went to China once? If they do that with Italians, I have the
> goosebumps in thinking of what they do with the citizens of the new
> continent.
>
> If I were in you (and of course I could never be), I would be careful
> in keeping the FSF out of politics and scandals of any kind.
> So, I suggest to extend your wise words a bit:
>
> > Free software should have a place in the Free Software Directory as
> long as it is not a PUP/PUA, malware or developed for political motives.
>
> Maybe nothing bad will ever happen, but why increase the odds? :-)
>
> Il 03/08/21 15:34, Michael McMahon ha scritto:
>> The easter eggs were a bit questionable at times, but Notepad++ is
>> still free software whether you agree with them or not.
>>
>> Free software should have a place in the Free Software Directory.
>>
>> Best,
>> Michael McMahon | Web Developer, Free Software Foundation
>> GPG Key: 4337 2794 C8AD D5CA 8FCF  FA6C D037 59DA B600 E3C0
>> https://fsf.org | https://gnu.org
>>
>> On 8/3/21 4:32 AM, Lorenzo L. Ancora via wrote:
>>> While Notepad++ is one of the best editors for Windows coders, its
>>> developer is infamous for his (very) questionable "Easter Eggs"
>>> hidden in the software from time to time and for the insecurity of
>>> his distribution channels.
>>> From time to time I have to use Windows and I remember that one
>>> morning I executed that editor to take some notes and I got scared
>>> when suddenly it started typing by itself a message. Standard
>>> routine: disconnect the RJ, immediately reboot in recovery, run AV
>>> scans, ... but, soon after, I discovered it was a weird joke from
>>> the developer. I've read that after that he kept hiding political
>>> and sexual "jokes" into the code and, given one day he pretended to
>>> be hacked and after that he was really hacked by Islamic terrorist
>>> groups and he's also involved in political stuff, I decided to steer
>>> away because I thought "today its a jumpscare, tomorrow will be
>>> ransomware".
>>> A few months ago, China blocked Notepad++ after he inserted a
>>> political message directly in the release name - message which I
>>> personally support and find right - but that created a severe
>>> disservice to end users. Very unprofessional.
>>>
>>> Il 02/08/21 22:27, David Hedlund ha scritto:
>>>> Notepad++ is notable: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B
>>
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