Post AzFKFocexi09bb6Xqa by ebassi@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AzFKFocexi09bb6Xqa by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-10-15T12:15:05Z
       
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       Why the FSF has ceded all influence on the general conversation about software freedom, in two screenshots:
       
 (DIR) Post #AzFKFpk8nNa155c29A by yearofthebug@mastodon.social
       2025-10-15T13:50:08Z
       
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       @ebassi the FSF sees Free Software as a political goal, KDE sees this moment as an opportunity to grow their userbase. I think both approaches are useful. Pragmatism is good but it's also good that there's someone out there who will accept ZERO compromise.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzFKFqVdwlZrSPpyBk by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-10-15T13:57:09Z
       
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       @yearofthebug I'm not talking about "idealism vs pragmatism": I am talking about leading the conversation when it comes to software freedom. The FSF is not talking to actual people: it's just a circlejerk that is not meant to convince anybody except the already initiated
       
 (DIR) Post #AzFKFrUcI4LmVWMfE8 by yearofthebug@mastodon.social
       2025-10-15T13:59:52Z
       
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       @ebassi I agree, I guess I see their role as providers of resources and organization to the already initiated (mostly on the legal side) while leaving to other organization the winning over of new converts.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzFKFsXUOsF5kiiTLM by ebassi@mastodon.social
       2025-10-15T14:00:43Z
       
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       @yearofthebug that's a great way to become completely useless. I want the FSF to be a leading voice, not the moral justification on the back end of the movement.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzFKFtK3UJ5gBLRG2i by civodul@toot.aquilenet.fr
       2025-10-15T20:06:15Z
       
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       @ebassi The FSF has long ceased to be a leading voice on user freedom, but that’s fine: there are many organizations doing that work now, in various areas and from different angles, just like the endof10.org example shows.@yearofthebug
       
 (DIR) Post #AzGW5bdXmUMv2jNOEa by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2025-10-16T11:35:52.451627Z
       
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       @ebassi You can't see this, but only the FSF actually mentions software freedom.All end of 10 mentions is conveniences, which will fall flat when something is ever less convenient.