--- freem/POLICY.md 2025/01/19 02:04:04 1.1.1.1 +++ freem/POLICY.md 2025/03/09 15:20:18 1.2 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ## Copyright and License -This document is Copyright (C) 2020 John P. Willis +This document is Copyright (C) 2020, 2025 Serena Willis Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version @@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ to represent it with our quirky--yet fea effort will be made or allowed to hide our M identity or cultural and community heritage. -## Shalom ha-Ashkenaz - -We will continue to honor the enigmatic Shalom ha-Ashkenaz for his original -contribution of FreeM to the community. The Star of David is the symbol he -chose to represent this implementation, and it will remain forever enshrined -in our code headers. - ## External Forks At least one external fork of FreeM is known to exist, pre-dating the current @@ -72,10 +65,10 @@ those using FreeM to develop M programs Internal project governance is handled in the *project-policy* channel of the *FreeM Community* Discord server. -John P. Willis (jpw@coherent-logic.com) is the project lead. In John's absence, +Serena Willis is the project lead. In Serena's absence, any member of the "Core Team" from the *FreeM Community* Discord server is authorized to speak with authority on matters of FreeM project governance, or -redirect such matters to John per their own judgment. +redirect such matters to Serena per their own judgment. ## Relationship to Coherent Logic Development LLC @@ -88,7 +81,7 @@ project itself or its contributors. We d ### Ethical Positioning FreeM strongly identifies with the *free software* movement, and does not associate -itself with the ethically-empty *open source* movement or terminology. We believe +itself with the ethically hollow *open source* movement or terminology. We believe that the ethical implications of proprietary software are far more important than the mere practical implications. We believe there is a natural right to software freedom, and the laws written to protect proprietary software devils are both