It is time to write something against this war and also explain again the various reasons why FOSS software cannot be blocked for a country https://thenewstack.io/where-does-open-source-fit-into-russias-war-with-ukra... FOSS is giving freedom in Russia where there are more restrictions by the government and how many FOSS ukraine contributors are impacted about this "special invasion" https://www.businessinsider.com/developers-help-ukrainian-family-of-key-pyth...
Indeed FSFE is not political but it is a foundation that involve europeans and this war involve all of us for various and different reasons.
PS: to get updated about the situation I am using https://www.reddit.com/live/18hnzysb1elcs
Daniele Scasciafratte - OpenSource MultiVersal Guy daniele.tech https://daniele.tech - @Mte90Net https://twitter.com/Mte90net - GitHub https://github.com/Mte90 - Italian Linux Society council member http://www.ils.org/ - Mozillian https://people.mozilla.org/p/Mte90 Mozilla Reps, Mozilla TechSpeakers, WordPress Core Contributor https://profiles.wordpress.org/mte90, FSFE member https://fsfe.org/, LibreItalia member http://www.libreitalia.it/, Wikimedia Italia member https://www.wikimedia.it/ and LUG Rieti founder http://lugrieti.linux.it/. Il 17/03/22 10:13, Vitaly Repin ha scritto:
Hello,
I have to raise your attention to the fact that since February, 23 we have a war in Europe.
Latest press releases from FSFE are:
- 2022-03-16 KDE's Okular becomes the world's first eco-certified computer program
- 2022-03-15 Germany: 100 days of coalition agreement - hardly one day for Free Software
- 2022-03-10 "I Love Free Software Day": Free Software games and a SharePic generator
I understand that these news might be important. But it looks really strange to not say a word from FSFE (Free Software Foundation _Europe_) about the war in Europe.
Yes, FSFE is not a polictical organisation. But what happens now is beyond any politics. This is a full-scale war which happens now and here, in Europe.
I feel that FSFE MUST issue an official statement about the war and actions of Russia.
I do not know how free software activists and organizations can contribute to the peace in a more meaningful way than by issuing statements.
But I believe that the statement shall be made as a bare minimum and it shall be crystal clear.
Silence is not an option.
-- WBR & WBW, Vitaly
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