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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: 2, Flamebait) by Arik on Friday March 26 2021, @03:26AM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Friday March 26 2021, @03:26AM (#1129177) Journal
    Wow. I had seen some hints this guy had problems, but I had no idea he was such a raging rectum.

    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.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @06:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @06:55PM (#1129498)

    Never knew much about NC, but given how SN is run are you really shocked? Really really?