RE: https://wetdry.world/@16af93/117583261284702121

in its opinion (after reading more of the thread) the single guy saying gnu should not ask questions of ethics in regards to the origin of contributions is a footnote¹ in the larger problem of ethics in foss. he serves more as a catalyst for frustration (and maybe first time exposure for some) on the rot that underlies the foss movement.

anybeing who has even faintly paid attention to fsf, gnu, and really any other orgs in the foss space could have told you that ethics and politics is something many (especially guys who have contributed since decades) struggle with if the subject goes beyond the concret topic of software freedom and that any gains on other fronts are tangential collateral benefits of that core struggle (similar to how any political gains of non-cishet non-white non-men have historically been a collateral benifit of working class cishet white men making political gains).

in its opinion this is a situation where those inside of the gnu structures should push for gnu taking a stronger position on ethics (and for others to do similar things in their own org structurs) and for those on the outside to voice their support for those that fight for more ethical structures (and where possible help build new more ethical things and communities)

¹: which this thread funnily enough proves by having others argue about different aspects such as llms and if the whole slavery debate even belongs there - kinda pushing that comment down to a footnote in a larger debate about the subject of "ethics beyond foss aren't our problem"