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X-Received-From: 2001:8b0:b95:1bb4::2 Subject: Re: FSF has begun a search for a new president X-BeenThere: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss Reply-To: Leah Rowe Cc: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0978479716077971230==" Errors-To: libreplanet-discuss-bounces+e=80x24.org@libreplanet.org Sender: "libreplanet-discuss" --===============0978479716077971230== Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA512"; boundary="Signature=_Sat__21_Sep_2019_23_36_04_+0100_AvViECjR5m1TQ0a/" --Signature=_Sat__21_Sep_2019_23_36_04_+0100_AvViECjR5m1TQ0a/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 23:29:13 +0300 Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> wrote: > "J.B. Nicholson" wrote: > > 2. the FSF has begun a search for a new president. (per > > https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns), >=20 > > It would be a shame if the FSF made a compromise where they favored > > sating a desire for identity politics=E2=80=A6 I hope they'll pick some= one > > who is deeply informed about free software, and who possesses a > > sharp, critical stance in defense of software freedom. >=20 > As far as I am aware, for the years of Dr. Stallman=E2=80=99s presidency, > that position was a full-time occupation with a salary of round 0 > (zero) dollars per month (or per year, I am not sure :-). >=20 > Where should they search for a person of that kind to fill such a > vacancy, I wonder. Or is this practice subject to change? Alexandre Olivier of FSFLA is, in my opinion, the *best* choice of leader to replace RMS. He has a proven track record in all of the criteria mentioned by the OP. --=20 Leah Rowe Company Director & Libreboot developer https://minifree.org/ https://libreboot.org/ Do you know you have rights? The right to privacy, free speech, the right to read and the right to learn. The right not to be spied on and censored by the government. Defend freedom. Use free (free as in freedom) software. Spread freedom. Tell everyone you know about it! https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Minifree Ltd, trading as Ministry of Freedom. 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