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Free Software Advocates Seek Removal of Richard Stallman and Entire FSF Board

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday March 25 2021, @08:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the geek-drama dept.

Freeman writes:

Free software advocates seek removal of Richard Stallman and entire FSF board:

Richard Stallman's return to the Free Software Foundation's board of directors has drawn condemnation from many people in the free software community. An open letter signed by hundreds of people today called for Stallman to be removed again and for the FSF's entire board to resign.

The open letter said:

        Richard M. Stallman, frequently known as RMS, has been a dangerous force in the free software community for a long time. He has shown himself to be misogynist, ableist, and transphobic, among other serious accusations of impropriety. These sorts of beliefs have no place in the free software, digital rights, and tech communities. With his recent reinstatement to the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation, we call for the entire Board of the FSF to step down and for RMS to be removed from all leadership positions.

Previously:
Richard Stallman Rejoins Free Software Foundation Board of Directors
Richard M. Stallman Resigns
Richard Stallman Deserved to be Fired, Says Fired GNU Hurd Maintainer

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by HammeredGlass on Thursday March 25 2021, @08:20PM (4 children)

    by HammeredGlass (12241) on Thursday March 25 2021, @08:20PM (#1128960)

    Fuck all of the CoC assholes.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @08:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @08:35PM (#1128970)

    And Dr. Mehmet Oz is miles ahead of Katy Couric on Jeopardy, but he's the one they want to lynch. Okay, maybe his hair is too dark for his age, but at least he doesn't call the contestants "brainiacs," like Katy did.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday March 25 2021, @08:40PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday March 25 2021, @08:40PM (#1128975) Homepage

    CoC's don't have to be a bad thing. Years ago every business in this state had the same CoC: Don't touch the protected categories. That was it. That's sensible, because even Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket did not look down on Niggers, Kikes, Wops, and Greasers; because everybody were all equally worthless.

    If a CoC is written such that anybody could be in violation of it at any given moment, then you're creating the same schoolyard bully situation that many of the CoC's supporters claim to be fighting in the name of "justice," where the bullied loser of the week could change with whimsy and peer pressure, making the bullied the same damn bullies they claim to hate, perpetuating the cycle.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @11:22PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @11:22PM (#1129067)

    Fuck all of the CoC assholes.

    No thanks. Unlike you, I’m not into anal.

    • (Score: 2) by hopdevil on Friday March 26 2021, @01:40AM

      by hopdevil (3356) on Friday March 26 2021, @01:40AM (#1129129)

      Don't knock it 'til you try it. And when I mean try it, once doesn't count.