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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: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @10:35PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @10:35PM (#1129622)

    "Why is the FSF so closely aligned with the GPL instead of with ALL open source licenses? Because of Stallman."

    yes, because he's not a basic bitch like you. he created copyleft for a fucking reason, you dumb windows/mac-using whore.

    "And giving undue consideration to the GPL shows they are biased, same as their campaign to open source Windows"

    of course they're biased, you fucking retard.

    "knowing ahead of time that it’s legally impossible because of 3rd party code licensed to Microsoft"

    oh cry me a river. anything that hurts MS is good for the world. they're lucky people don't attack the headquarters every day.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @12:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @12:06AM (#1129666)
    He created copy left for a reason - the cult of Stallman. Nothing more. And now it’s all coming down and people and companies are disavowing him and the FSF. Quite an accomplishment, something that no outsider could have done. Stallman and the FSF have just scored a fatal own goal, and for what? The cult of Stallman. Hahahaha.