...not eye to eye with Gilmore? Thanks for gnu tar, liberating bsd, parts of gnu make, gbd, curating binutils and gcc with Cygnus, helping in the crypto wars, frees/wan, boots, gnu radio, one laptop per child... so it might be hard to be eye to eye me thinks...
EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from the Board
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Re: EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from the Board
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Yes, John is a very good friend of RMS’s.
John is entirely unlike RMS if you've ever met either of them.
I am not sure I would say “entirely unlike” even though their economic philosophies are literally poles apart. And they are friends despite these differences.
I’ve known rms since 1978 (back before he stopped cutting his hair) and have started two companies with John. I know the kind sides of each of them which are unfortunately often not mentioned these days.
Re: EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from the Board
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
John is entirely unlike RMS if you've ever met either of them.
I am not sure I would say “entirely unlike” even though their economic philosophies are literally poles apart. And they are friends despite these differences. I’ve known rms since 1978 (back before he stopped cutting his hair) and have started two companies with John. I know the kind sides of each of them which are unfortunately often not mentioned these days.
Does sound like you know him better than I do :)
Back in the early 2000s I was the guy helping sort out John's open email relay complaints at my ISP. A few other random things too. We hosted the EFF and Internet Archive so my life was pretty busy. I've been less of a fan of the EFF over the years as they've adopted some fights that I think they're on the wrong side of (IE: fighting for censorship) but... ohwell...
Re: EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from the Board
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am not sure I would say “entirely unlike” even though their economic philosophies are literally poles apart. And they are friends despite these differences. I’ve known rms since 1978 (back before he stopped cutting his hair) and have started two companies with John. I know the kind sides of each of them which are unfortunately often not mentioned these days.
Does sound like you know him better than I do :) Back in the early 2000s I was the guy helping sort out John's open email relay complaints at my ISP. A few other random things too. We hosted the EFF and Internet Archive so my life was pretty busy. I've been less of a fan of the EFF over the years as they've adopted some fights that I think they're on the wrong side of (IE: fighting for censorship) but... ohwell...
Do you have an example of eff fighting for censorship?