Voting and Free Software
Richard Stallman
rms at gnu.org
Fri Nov 8 02:33:55 UTC 2019
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> > We used to have a GNU package, GNU FREE, for holding elections.
> > We decided, the developer and I, to withdraw it because software
> > should not be used for that purpose.
> As I did see no mention of it on your page, did you consider the
> Debian voting process?
I should explain that I have been talking about government elections
for public office and referenda. Everything I have said here about
voting applies to those elections.
I don't know how Debian handles elections, but
voting in a private organization is a different issue
from public elections.
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Dr Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
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