ref: 0fc882d18e8ce2def7dc279ecd0559870174f3da
parent: a106cbf7a96a610147b8e38d6c3a89d8ba4f8542
author: jrmu <jrmu@cirno>
date: Sat Sep 9 01:20:07 EDT 2023
Testing troff footnotes
--- a/why9.ms
+++ b/why9.ms
@@ -33,15 +33,35 @@
OpenBSD Foundation Contributors
.HTML </a>
.FE
-As of 2022, its top donors include Google, Meta, and Microsoft. And unfortunately, it too is heavily dependent on Linux's corporate ecosystem. For example, efforts have been made to add
+As of 2022, its top donors include Google, Meta, and Microsoft. And unfortunately, it too is heavily dependent on Linux's corporate ecosystem. For example, efforts have been made to add wayland support.
+.FS
.HTML <a href="https://xenocara.org/Wayland_on_OpenBSD.html">
-wayland support
+Wayland on OpenBSD
.HTML </a>
-.
-
-Most Linux distros today suffer from the second system effect. Components such as Wayland and systemd are becoming too complex for average users to understand and contribute to. These are not merely technical concerns: many of these software projects have vowed hostility towards user freedom. Wayland is dangerous because its parent organization, X.org Foundation, has called for a total boycott of the Free Software Foundation. It is signatory #61 in the [RMS boycott petition][3]. Red Hat in particular has called for a [complete boycott of the FSF][4]. If Wayland and systemd succeed, they will make it difficult to maintain independent UNIX systems (OpenBSD included) that are not dependent upon IBM Red Hat's ecosystem.
-
-Besides corporate influence, political conflicts are likely to affect the Linux ecosystem. The Linux kernel itself is at risk of a potential fork in the kernel itself due to [sanctions][5].
+.FE
+Most Linux distros today suffer from the second system effect. Components such as Wayland and systemd are becoming too complex for average users to understand and contribute to. These are not merely technical concerns: many of these software projects have vowed hostility towards user freedom. Wayland is dangerous because its parent organization, X.org Foundation, has called for a total boycott of the Free Software Foundation.
+.FS
+X.org is signatory #61 in the
+.HTML <a href="https://rms-open-letter.github.io/"
+RMS boycott petition
+.HTML </a>
+.FE
+.LP
+ Red Hat in particular has called for a complete boycott of the FSF.
+.FS
+.HTML <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-statement-about-richard-stallmans-return-free-software-foundation-board">
+Red Hat statement about Richard Stallman's return to the FSF
+.HTML </a>
+.FE
+.PP
+If Wayland and systemd succeed, they will make it difficult to maintain independent UNIX systems (OpenBSD included) that are not dependent upon IBM Red Hat's ecosystem.
+.PP
+Besides corporate influence, political conflicts are likely to affect the Linux ecosystem. The Linux kernel itself is at risk of a potential fork in the kernel itself due to sanctions.
+.FS
+.HTML <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-STMAC-Russian-Sanctions">
+Linux Kernel Networking Driver Development Impacted By Russian Sanctions
+.HTML </a>
+.FE
For these reasons, the Inter9 community needs to have its own, independent system that it can work on, specifically tailored to its goal of preserving democratic control of networks. An independent project will best ensure the Inter9 can achieve its goals of user control of the network. Because the Inter9 is independently developed, it can rely on funding from diverse sources to avoid the harmful influences of corporate control.