Re: GNU Accessibility Statement Online

  • From: Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:30:25 -0400

It isn't a "hidden agenda" as it is written in very plain English for all to 
see. It is, however, a position fundamental to FSF and as it is an FSF 
statement, also not hidden anywhere, it fits into GAS.

You can take the statement and remove that line and other things you may not 
agree with and repost it as your own statement based on the GNU statement.

Also, the statement does not condemn server based applications but, rather, 
encourages people not to make or use them. 

cdh



On Mar 27, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Storm Dragon wrote:

> Hi,
> You know, I kind of wondered about that one myself lol. So, that explains it. 
> It sucks that hidden agendas have to sneak in everywhere, even in to a goal 
> as pure and right as accessibility.
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> On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 11:03 -0400, Sina Bahram wrote:
>> 
>> The following statement really got to me:
>> 
>> "and please don't invite users to do something on a server that they could 
>> conceivably do on their own computers."
>>  
>> I understand that Stallmann is one of the leading activists against cloud 
>> computing, but why on earth are you allowing such an
>> agenda to creap into a statement on accessibility?
>> 
>> In my opinion, this one statement completely undermines the rest of the 
>> things you're trying to do.
>> 
>> Take care,
>> Sina
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader
>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 9:00 AM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: GNU Accessibility Statement Online
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> For a couple of months, Richard Stallman and I have been working on the GNU 
>> Accessibility Statement (GAS)  which takes a no nonsense
>> approach to endorsing the rights of people with disabilities as regard 
>> software within the context of free software. I've never read
>> a more strongly worded statement from any organization regarding software 
>> and people with disabilities.
>> 
>> GAS also takes a strong stance on free software values but does not endorse 
>> any specific license, although we would like people to
>> use GPL.
>> 
>> You can read the statement at: 
>> http://www.gnu.org/accessibility/accessibility.html
>> and send comments to me that we can consider for future revisions of the 
>> statement.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> cdh
>> 
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