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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
(Score: 3, Informative) by Fnord666 on Friday March 26 2021, @03:09AM (6 children)
NCommander's take [youtube.com] on the issue.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by darkfeline on Friday March 26 2021, @03:25AM (2 children)
With all due respect to NCommander, he can fuck right off. I only bothered to waste 3.5 minutes at 2x speed on his video. He briefly cites all of the malicious libel around the Epstein issue, and I suspect his reference to RMS being hard to work with is because RMS refuses to compromise on free software, e.g., disallowing linking GCC with closed source software. We need someone to take a hard stance for free software, and I say this as someone who uses lots of proprietary software. I don't care about the FOSS community being welcoming if it means attracting subversive elements (whether due to lack of ability or socially destructive delusions).
I do agree that having done good doesn't excuse bad actions. Thank you for SN, but fuck you.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @10:26PM (1 child)
fat, soy-sweating bitch who posts his videos on youtube. Who cares what you have to say about Free Software, you fat bolshevik bitch. I'm going to oil my lamps with your tit fat.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @01:34AM
How dare you malign soy sauce, female dogs, tofu, people who struggle with their weight, men suffering from gynecomastia, and the Bolshevik Party by comparing them to NCommander!
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by Arik on Friday March 26 2021, @03:26AM (1 child)
One silver lining though - he currently works on Ubuntu. One distro we could simply consign to the memory hole and lose absolutely nothing of value.
I'm still just reeling though. It's still a shocker to see such a longstanding and generally respected member of the community spewing transparent garbage and hatred.
Shame on you, NCommander, shame on you.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @06:55PM
Never knew much about NC, but given how SN is run are you really shocked? Really really?
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Friday March 26 2021, @03:43AM
https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/journal/7354 [soylentnews.org]
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