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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: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @07:47PM
I agree. This is almost certainly an attempted power grab. Free as in freedom software is a direct threat to the capability of the bourgeoisie to accomplish large-scale censorship of the internet, while routing around pesky 1A issues, on the eve of World War 3.
The WSWS has been documenting the suppression of left and anti-war viewpoints, and Embrace, Extend, Extinguish (← you are here) is a part of that.
ICFI/Socialist Equality Party—
A brief history of free software until May 2000: The Microsoft law suit, software development and the capitalist market [wsws.org]
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