[Qgis-user] Help Ukraine, Boycott Russia

[Paolo Cavallini]

Fully agreed with Andreas. We try to make the world a better, more free
place by developing QGIS with a free and open source licence, let's
stick to this and welcome any contribution.
Cheers.

Il 24/02/22 13:29, Andreas Neumann ha scritto:
> Dear Markus,
> 
> This is a really difficult topic that you raise here. While I agree that
> the aggression from the Putin regime should be condemned, I am against
> excluding Russian QGIS contributors and sustaining members. If we start
> excluding countries and organizations on such assumptions - where do we
> draw the line? The majority of today's world population unfortunately
> has to live in problematic conditions, when it concerns democracy and
> dictators. Also - where should be draw the line on what is ethical use
> of QGIS and what not? Is oil exploration utilizing QGIS software
> allowed, as an example?
> 
> As the current QGIS.ORG <http://QGIS.ORG> treasurer I can say that we
> had a sustaining member from Russia last year - there is no indication
> that this company is collaborating with the Putin government - though it
> is of course a bit hard to judge - of course - for outsiders.
> 
> The vast majority of the Russian population is probably suffering from
> Putin's politics - my guess is that the majority of the Russian
> population would like to live in peace and prosperity and not be
> involved in such war and aggression. But do they have a real choice?
> Fair elections? I doubt it ... In that sense I am against excluding
> Russian QGIS users and contributors based on these events.
> 
> We also have QGIS contributors from Ukraine who are now affected by this
> aggression - let's be supportive when there could be Ukrainian refugees
> in the coming months - and let's hope that this situation can soon be
> deescalated.
> 
> Greetings,
> Andreas
> 
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 10:09, landconsult at freenet.de
> <mailto:landconsult at freenet.de> <landconsult at freenet.de
> <mailto:landconsult at freenet.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear List,
> 
>     like all free people in the world I totally condemn the Russian
>     invasion in Ukraine this morning. This is an attack on the free
>     world and especially on Europe and on all values of freedom which we
>     all represent in a global, peaceful open source community.
> 
>     - So, what can each individual do to defend this freedom?
>     - What can the QGIS community do?
>     - How can we be sure, that the know-how we develop will not be used
>     for Russian military purposes against the Ukraine?
> 
>     The invasion was confirmed by the Duma, the Russian parliament which
>     is the representative body of the Russian people. Consequently the
>     Russian population bears responsibility for the invasion and we
>     should led them know, that military force against an independent,
>     free and democratic European country goes against all the values ​​
>     we stand for in the open source community.
> 
>     The least we can do is starting to think about a boycott of Russian
>     products and Russian co-operations to express our opinion to all
>     Russian companies and partners we know. Finally its up to the
>     ordinary Russian man to change this unbearable situation which is
>     becoming a permanent threat to free Europe.  
> 
>     With this respect the QGIS developer community should also think
>     about excluding Russian partners and sponsors from all QGIS
>     activities as long as Russian troops are in the Ukraine.
> 
>     I think, the values of freedom we stand for, is the highest good we
>     must defend!
> 
>     How do you think about it?
> 
>     Very concerned greeting.
> 
>     Markus Weidenbach
>     landConsult.de
>     Bühl/Germany
> 
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