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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @09:57PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @09:57PM (#1129016)

    An entire EF post where jews aren't mentionned even once. Is that a first ?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @10:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @10:06PM (#1129024)

    But you did!

    JEWS JEWS JEWS JEWS JEWS JEWS

    Is that a yellow six-pointed star of the rothschilds?

    Make them wear it again.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @10:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 25 2021, @10:37PM (#1129038)

    An entire EF post where jews aren't mentionned even once. Is that a first ?

    yeah but he threw "nigger" in there to make up for it

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Friday March 26 2021, @03:13AM

    by Arik (4543) on Friday March 26 2021, @03:13AM (#1129168) Journal
    No, it's happened before.

    Frankly I think he's already gotten past his own schtick, and just pulls it out for gags when he can't come up with anything intelligent to say.

    If he got rid of it entirely, I know I could call that a victory and a lot of people would; but I'll confess I'd feel a little sad. My days just aren't complete anymore, without a belly-tickler from EF, some sort of ridiculous "dem joos did it!" nonsense right in the middle of an otherwise sensible-sounding post. It makes me laugh, and laughter is the best medicine.

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    If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?