[Qgis-user] Help Ukraine, Boycott Russia

[Marco Bernasocchi]

Dear QGIS Community,

Thank you very much to all who participated in this thread. As a project,
we have made our position clear in the newsfeed (shown on the QGIS Desktop
start screen). As a general principle, we would like to encourage users of
QGIS to use the software for the good of humanity, but we cannot tell
people what they can and cannot do with the software.

We would kindly ask that the discussions in this thread be moved off-list
so that we can maintain the central aim of supporting users in their quest
to make the best use of QGIS.

On behalf of the PSC,

Marco



> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Help Ukraine, Boycott Russia
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:02:12 -0800
> From: chris hermansen <clhermansen at gmail.com> <clhermansen at gmail.com>
> To: Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> <anitagraser at gmx.at>
> CC: qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
>
> Anita and list members,
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 8:49 AM Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:
>
>> Good points, Jürgen!
>>
>> On 25.02.2022 17:18, Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
>> > Anyway, I also think it's better to make a statement than to exclude
>> people
>> > from using QGIS (if we were even able to do so reliably).    Maybe even
>> > something on our news feed
>>
>> I agree that making a statement on the news feed is likely more
>> impactful than forcing users or contributors with Russian IPs to use a
>> VPN.
>>
>> News items are displayed on every QGIS startup (if machines are online)
>> while other messages would only be viewed by people visiting the website.
>>
>
> Given the clarity in the GPL (under which QGIS is licensed) around not
> restricting the freedom of others, I don't see how we QGIS community
> members can advocate for limiting freedoms.
>
> But I do like the idea of concrete positive things we can do as a
> community, whether by naming upcoming versions of QGIS for cities where
> people are oppressed by invaders or their own governments or by engaging in
> public expressions of support as Andreas Neumann suggested... here is
> another idea: what about individually contributing some funds "in the name
> of QGIS and freedom" to worthy organizations that will actually help the
> people of Ukraine?  For example https://redcross.org.ua/en/ or possibly
> this organization http://ukrainedemocracy.org/  Or maybe a Kickstarter or
> GoFundMe to collectivize our contributions?
>
>
> --
> Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com
>
> C'est ma façon de parler.
>


-- 
Marco Bernasocchi

QGIS.org Chair
OPENGIS.ch CEO
http://berna.io
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