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Can anybody share some context, as to why this person is resigning?
Twitter is on fire with passionate debates on both sides of the issue. Lots of people asked the board to resign in protest lest they be deemed supporters of RMS, and now we're seeing the board members react publicly.
When an organization, that you have a leadership position in, does something that you believe is wrong, and you have failed at preventing it and correcting it, then resignation is an entirely appropriate option. Walsh has integrity.
When an organization, that you have a leadership position in, does something that you believe is wrong, and you have failed at preventing it and correcting it, then resignation is an entirely appropriate option. Walsh has integrity.
Can anybody share some context, as to why this person is resigning?
But the main controversy in the FSF right now is the reinstatement of Richard Stallman.
Here's an article about the events that led to Stallman's resignation in 2019: [1]
He has also been known to, for example, hand out "Fuck Me" cards to women he deems attractive at software conferences.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/richard-stallman...
Good riddance? I'm tired of social culture spokespeople flogging technologists over the head Nobody can make a case that RMS is a swell guy, he's awful. Still, he's without a sliver of a doubt the single most influential activist for FOSS that there's ever been. Getting rid of polarization happens with one instance of forgiveness+rehabilitation at a time. You cant cancel your way to better culture.
RMS's role in the FSF was president, and now Member of the Board of Directors. Sure this requires some technical skills, but the main factor is leadership and the ability to bring people together. If anyone believes that RMS is fit for that role, that says a lot about the state of FOSS.
The idea of free software is a very libertarian one. You have freedom. Its the same ideology that drives concepts such as freedom of speech. It is not compatible at all with the authoritarianism that drives cancel culture. Maybe these people should get together and form their own authoritarian-left software foundation. Call it the People's Software Foundation or something. No Dang, I'm not being snarky. This is a leg…
Can anybody share some context, as to why this person is resigning?
Good riddance? I'm tired of social culture spokespeople flogging technologists over the head Nobody can make a case that RMS is a swell guy, he's awful. Still, he's without a sliver of a doubt the single most influential activist for FOSS that there's ever been. Getting rid of polarization happens with one instance of forgiveness+rehabilitation at a time. You cant cancel your way to better culture.
RMS's role in the FSF was president, and now Member of the Board of Directors. Sure this requires some technical skills, but the main factor is leadership and the ability to bring people together. If anyone believes that RMS is fit for that role, that says a lot about the state of FOSS.
Good riddance? I'm tired of social culture spokespeople flogging technologists over the head Nobody can make a case that RMS is a swell guy, he's awful. Still, he's without a sliver of a doubt the single most influential activist for FOSS that there's ever been. Getting rid of polarization happens with one instance of forgiveness+rehabilitation at a time. You cant cancel your way to better culture.
RMS's role in the FSF was president, and now Member of the Board of Directors. Sure this requires some technical skills, but the main factor is leadership and the ability to bring people together. If anyone believes that RMS is fit for that role, that says a lot about the state of FOSS.
Diversity was never meant to be that everyone was supposed to think the same way, as far as I recall.
Good riddance? I'm tired of social culture spokespeople flogging technologists over the head Nobody can make a case that RMS is a swell guy, he's awful. Still, he's without a sliver of a doubt the single most influential activist for FOSS that there's ever been. Getting rid of polarization happens with one instance of forgiveness+rehabilitation at a time. You cant cancel your way to better culture.
Amen to that. The sentiment around seems to ultimately be "I just don't like him because he might have made people uncomfortable, make him go away".