Re: [DotGNU]Propoganda starts at home...

[Norbert Bollow]

> As I understand it, FSF was planning a VERY different press release, but 
> couldn't get in contact with the right people to authorize
> it. Still, we need to be very grateful to Richard and the FSF
> for what they have done for us. It is still very good and will
> help a great deal.

I agree.  The official "blessing" by FSF (as this was called in
the Newsforge article) is worth a lot.  My disappointment came
from expecting too much too quickly.  I'm sure we can trust the
Free Software Foundation to think through the freedom issues
and then speak about them very openly.

> Norbert, can you draft a press release along the lines of your response to 
> the article

Ok, I'll start working on this immediately.

Everyone who would like to be quoted in the press release,
please send me (preferably via the address@hidden
mailing list) some statements from which it is ok to quote
you.  Please include some background information about yourself,
so that we can avoid mistakes like the one in the Newsforge
article where I'm called a "developer".  (I'm a mathematician
and business coach with some programming skills, but not really
a software developer.)

> and allow others to comment and work on it once you post the 
> draft here?

*nod* will do.

> We need to highlight more the freedom and threat to freedom 
> issues you discussed.

Yes.

> Also, we need to include FreeDevelopers involvement- call it a
> *FreeDevelopers initiated and supported GNU project*.

Sounds good.

Greetings, Norbert.

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