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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: 4, Insightful) by darkfeline on Friday March 26 2021, @03:25AM (2 children)

    by darkfeline (1030) on Friday March 26 2021, @03:25AM (#1129175) Homepage

    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)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @10:26PM (#1129616)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @01:34AM (#1129708)

      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!