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It's not just the FSF's role to "comment" on software licenses, but also to advocate for the use of free software licenses. That involves convincing developers

It's not just the FSF's role to "comment" on software licenses, but also to advocate for the use of free software licenses. That involves convincing developers to use them. To go into a project and dictate to them that you don't find their work notable, while still demanding respect for your own project, isn't likely to spark good-will towards the FSF amongst developers. If I were a director at FSF, I would cringe at this kind of interaction, and lean much more towards the "honey" approach for catching flies.

medo-bear 5y ago
>To go into a project and dictate to them that you don't find their work notable a key person from FSF commented on the project. he didnt say it is not notable on the other hand this is a rewrite of GNU coreutils, and as such FSF has every right to comment in the project
- Denvercoder9 5y ago
  > he didnt say it is not notable He did say that the most notable thing about the work was the license, which effectively dismisses the technical work as not notable.
  - medo-bear 5y ago
    >which effectively dismisses the technical work as not notable that being your interpretation and deduction. i am a bit more empirical and judge only what he actually said. moreover i am also not that much of a rust-lang fanboy, at least not to the extent that i see every rust rewrite of a c-lang code base as a technological marvel
- opheliate 5y ago
  > this is a rewrite of GNU coreutils, and as such FSF has every right to comment in the project Sure, and FSF also has every right to tell anyone who writes proprietary software that they hate their guts, if that was how they felt. My point is that this is not a particularly effective strategy for advertising the GPL to developers.
  - medo-bear 5y ago
    >My point is that this is not a particularly effective strategy for advertising the GPL to developers maybe the strategy sucks, maybe not. but maybe speak for yourself. i actually like their quirkiness and lack of shyness

medo-bear 5y ago

>To go into a project and dictate to them that you don't find their work notable a key person from FSF commented on the project. he didnt say it is not notable on the other hand this is a rewrite of GNU coreutils, and as such FSF has every right to comment in the project

Denvercoder9 5y ago
> he didnt say it is not notable He did say that the most notable thing about the work was the license, which effectively dismisses the technical work as not notable.
- medo-bear 5y ago
  >which effectively dismisses the technical work as not notable that being your interpretation and deduction. i am a bit more empirical and judge only what he actually said. moreover i am also not that much of a rust-lang fanboy, at least not to the extent that i see every rust rewrite of a c-lang code base as a technological marvel
opheliate 5y ago
> this is a rewrite of GNU coreutils, and as such FSF has every right to comment in the project Sure, and FSF also has every right to tell anyone who writes proprietary software that they hate their guts, if that was how they felt. My point is that this is not a particularly effective strategy for advertising the GPL to developers.
- medo-bear 5y ago
  >My point is that this is not a particularly effective strategy for advertising the GPL to developers maybe the strategy sucks, maybe not. but maybe speak for yourself. i actually like their quirkiness and lack of shyness