25 Feb
2026
25 Feb
'26
8:35 p.m.
Le 25 février 2026 09:17:08 GMT+01:00, Dan Caseley <dan(a)caseley.me.uk> a écrit :
I don't believe that open source or software
freedoms are a core part of
the XSF's mission.
That being said, I think this is a good cause, I think there's a positive
for the XSF being aligned with all of those other signatories, and I can't
see any obvious downsides.
+1
Dan
On Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 08:09 eevvoor via Members, <members(a)xmpp.org> wrote:
> Yes of course, agreeed.
>
> On 2/25/26 6:15 AM, Badri Sunderarajan via Members wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I agree with Travis and Gonzalo—it's quite clear to me that we should
> > sign this.
> >
> > I could go on a rant about Google but like Gonzalo I don't see any
> > reason to add anything further as the argument is quite self-evident.
> >
> > Best,
> > Badri
> >
>
>
I don't think the XSF has to be aligned on free software or open-source values, as
evidenced by the number of members, sponsors, companies and community members that
actually work on proprietary software.
What the XSF does, however, is build an open standard in the commons in a way that gives
as much freedom of choice as such a standard can give, and give visibility to the numerous
options available, including the public federated XMPP network.
In that perspective, google closing down the android ecosystem is directly detrimental to
the availability of XMPP clients on android, by parties not vetted by them, or using other
distribution mechanisms (not to mention the catastrophic upload/update review process as
evidenced by the difficulties for XMPP android apps to state that they do not actually
collect email addresses), proprietary or not. This seems in line with the XSF mission, and
is not costing us anything that I can think of.
+1 from me
Mathieu