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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   
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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• Re:Nice. A list for **me** to use. Cancel back. Re:Nice. A list for **me** to use. Cancel back. (Score: 2, Insightful) by Arik on Friday March 26 2021, @07:06AM (1 child)

  by Arik (4543) on Friday March 26 2021, @07:06AM (#1129255) Journal

  So, um, I'm confused. Are you the real-fake-ari? Or a new and improved version?
  
  Was the real-fake-ari-banned? I don't think so. Parsimony suggests you are the fake fake ari, and I probably shouldn't even reply to you.
  
  Still;
  
  "being violent is better than being a coward."
  
  No. For anyone reading, no.
  
  Being a coward is a personal failing you need to work on.
  
  Being violent implicates everyone in the vicinity. And forces us to be violent in our responses, in some cases. You don't do that unless you're not only very certain you're right - but also that you can win and make things better instead of worse.
  
  

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

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• Re:Nice. A list for **me** to use. Cancel back. (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @05:35PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @05:35PM (#1129447)

  Even when you can't win, sometimes especially then, when the only thing you can do is make oppression cost more, then fighting to the last is all you have left. "Give me freedom or give me death."

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