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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hello. I completely agree that we should not be indifferent to what happens in the world; but I think that the fight should not be (only) against the US government but against the current relations of production (understood
as: market economy or capitalism). I do not want to start an endless discussion but the same has always been latent in this forum: I remember when the participation of Google as a sponsor of FOSS4G was questioned (I am one of them and I continue to do so).
Today we see Sundar Pichai as one of the main supporters of the US government. Therefore: yes to the protest against the US government; no to just staying there. And thank you Even for your concern.</span><br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>De:</b> Discuss <discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Even Rouault via Discuss <discuss@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Enviado:</b> jueves, 20 de febrero de 2025 16:17:41<br>
<b>Para:</b> OSGeo Discuss list<br>
<b>Asunto:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Activist campaign of open source projects to protest against policies of the US government</font>
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<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I've started an activist campaign of open source projects want to join the protest against the US government stupid, cruel and dangerous politics that affect the whole world ?</p>
<p>I've initiated the move with GDAL (<a class="c-link moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11865" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11865</a> , with follow ups in
<a class="c-link moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11875" rel="noopener noreferrer">
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11875</a>, <a class="c-link moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11876" rel="noopener noreferrer">
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11876</a>, <a class="c-link moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11877" rel="noopener noreferrer">
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/11877</a>) , and also pushing for PROJ (<a class="c-link moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/4406" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/pull/4406</a>) , MapServer (<a class="c-link moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7233" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7233</a>)
and GEOS (<a class="c-link moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/libgeos/geos/pull/1243" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/libgeos/geos/pull/1243</a>) .</p>
<p>Anyone else ?</p>
<p>I don't agree that we should stay away from politics. Our projects only make sense in the context of a free society, and this freedom is at high stake. We have admittedly little power, but we can and should exercise it with the tools at our disposal. The
addition of small little acts might end up having visible consequences.<br>
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<p>Even<br>
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Note to current US government: stop messing with the world!</pre>
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