Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Why stay or start an FSF membership? To keep funding software freedom.

[Leah Rowe]

On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 11:06:36 -0400
Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:

> Linus Torvalds, perhaps, as the next FSF President?  :-)

You joke about this, but you should never assume that an organization
won't degrade in such a manner.

For instance, the Linux Foundation and many similar bodies are heavily
funded and guided by Microsoft and other proprietary software
companies. In the old days, such a scourge was unthinkable, and yet it
is the reality today.

We must always remain viligant against any and all forms of corruption
or regression that weaken the movement.

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