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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) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @02:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 27 2021, @02:11AM (#1129729)

    And all the other organizations?

    Not everyone things a perennially homeless smelly bum who hasn’t done anything in decades is someone worth emulating. Most people want at least a semipermanent address to live in, and an income from work. His “salary “ of $0 per year as the titular head left him free to collect social assistance, and mooch off people for things like a temporary room and board.

    Behold your fallen idol. Fat, smelly, a misogynist, a transphobe, an incel, someone who seriously misjudged how much hate and anger his treatment of others accrued over the years. He thought (and so did the FSF directors) that his return would be popular, not reviled.

    So tell me, how is the FSF going to continue in its current pitiful irrelevant down without corporate sponsors putting money into their coffers? And a boycott?

    Remember, once the tap is turned off, it’s going to be damn hard to re-open it. Especially since there will be others who will be competing for those funds who haven’t fucked up big time.