RMS Support Letter

Is there any objective context here? What has RMS said, what are the attacks? I assume there are also fair, clear-headed criticisms of what he has said and how he said it.

Re: RMS Support Letter

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Post by pityJuke » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 10:45 AM UTC

guipsp wrote: post #5

Even if you excuse his terrible personal opinions and his egregious personal hygiene, you cannot excuse his behaviour, specially around women. https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1173637138413318144?s...

What is annoying is the original open letter failed to go into depth about all this. I'd heard rumblings about this around the original time he was removed from various positions, but the hard transcripts here really solidify the opinion RMS is a bit of a creep. Like, "pleasure cards"? Come on dude.

Re: RMS Support Letter

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Post by dvz » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 10:45 AM UTC

grlass wrote: post #3

dvz wrote: post #2

Yeah! I've signed it!

why?

Because he is an icon of free software and a permanent lead of the community

Re: RMS Support Letter

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Post by bhaak » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 11:00 AM UTC

What are the people having signed this letter back in 2019 do now?

https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/joint-statement-on-the-gnu-pr...

I know what I would do if the organization I do free work for disregards my opinion in such a blatant way.

I would just walk away. I wonder how many will do this?

Re: RMS Support Letter

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Post by batat » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 11:09 AM UTC

People who are against bullying of Richard Stallman exists too! And there are lot of them - quiet developers, incapable of social interaction. We are not reading Twitter 24/7, we are not speakers nor evangelists. We write commit messages, not tweets. We are doing things, not loud manifestos.

And all powers currently is seized by a loud crowd who believe that person should be judged by his words, not his deeds. They believe that "enough words, show me the code" is a meritocracy.

If you fear that your signature in RMS Support letter open letter may have negative consequences for your career, then just write some support words to info@fsf.org and directors@fsf.org, this is fine too!