[FSUG PD] Fwd: Why freeing Windows 7 opens doors

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Oggetto: 	Why freeing Windows 7 opens doors
Data: 	Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:05:45 -0500
Mittente: 	Greg Farough, FSF <info a fsf.org>
Rispondi-a: 	Greg Farough, FSF <info a fsf.org>
A: 	Gianni Andreose <andgi a autistici.org>



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Dear Gianni Andreose,

Since its launch on January 24th, we've had an overwhelming amount of 
support in our call to "upcycle" Windows 7 
<https://www.fsf.org/windows/upcycle-windows-7>. Truthfully, the 
signature count flew far faster than we ever expected it to, even 
despite our conservative, if aptly numbered, goal of 7,777 signatures. 
(We ended the petition with a total of 13,635 signatures!) We have seen 
the campaign called quixotic and even "completely delusional," but in 
every case, people have recognized the "pragmatic idealism 
<https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pragmatic.html>" that is at the core of 
the FSF's message. Even where this campaign has been attacked, it's 
nevertheless been understood that the FSF really does want /all 
software/ to be free software. We recommend <https://www.gnu.org> every 
fully free operating system that we are aware of, and want to be able to 
expand that list to include /every/ operating system. So long as any 
remain proprietary, we will always work to free them.

Over the last few weeks, we have been carefully watching the press 
coverage, and are glad to see the message of software freedom popping up 
in so many places at once. We received a lot of support, and have 
responded to dozens of comments expressing support, concern, and even 
outrage over why the FSF would think that upcycling Windows 7 was a good 
idea, and why it was something we would want to demand.

Microsoft can free Windows. They already have all of the legal rights 
necessary or the leverage to obtain them. Whether they choose to do so 
or not is up to them. In the past weeks, we've given them the message 
that thousands of people around the world want Windows to be freed. 
Next, we'll give them the /medium/.

This afternoon we will be mailing an upcycled hard drive along with the 
signatures to Microsoft's corporate offices. It's as easy as copying the 
source code, giving it a license notice, and mailing it back to us. As 
the author of the most popular free software license 
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html> in the world, we're ready 
to give them all of the help we can. All they have to do is ask.

We want them to show exactly how much love they have for the "open 
source" software they mention in in their advertising. If they really do 
love free software -- and we're willing to give them the benefit of the 
doubt -- they have the opportunity to show it to the world. We hope 
they're not just capitalizing on the free software development model in 
the most superficial and exploitative way possible: by using it as a 
marketing tool to fool us into thinking that they care about our freedom.

Together, we've stood up for our principles. They can reject us, or 
ignore us, but what they cannot do is stop us. We'll go on campaigning, 
until all of us are free.

Happy hacking,

Greg Farough
Campaigns Manager

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