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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: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @11:46PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 26 2021, @11:46PM (#1129658)

    Bullies have no care or use of governance, and being a pacifist just rewards and reinforces their behaviour. A good punch in the face works wonders to enlighten them of the errors of their ways.

    Stallman has always been a bully, a misogynist, and a freeloading bum. And now he’s getting the metaphorical punch in the face, along with the useless leadership of the increasingly irrelevant FSF.

    When iconic projects like RedHat and openSUse and Mozilla publicly denounce Stallman and the FSF board for reinstating him, and cut financial ties, you can scream cancel culture all you want, but the guy is toxic, and what goes around has finally come around. Karma is a bitch, ain’t it?

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @03:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @03:35AM (#1129760)

    > iconic

    Fucking "iconic", fuck me, pin me in the ass and cuck me with my wife before I accept that. Greasy corporate whores, money grubbers, people I'd happily shit upon while shielding Stallman.

    Why don't you, Mozilla, RedHat and Suse fuck off?