Re: Turning GNU into a bottom-up organization

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   I agree.  I think in practice many (most?) maintainers not only agree to
   uphold the free software values, but also share them.

In practise, we cannot know -- making the assumption is dangerous.  It
also excludes people who still wish to contribute to the GNU project
but have a different set of values.

In either case, discussions about governance should be taken with RMS,
and not here.