Libreboot – Defend Richard Stallman • Hacker News Board

Re: Libreboot – Defend Richard Stallman

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Post by lmilcin » Fri, Apr 02, 2021, 9:56 AM UTC

Nursie wrote: post #21

shadowgovt wrote: post #12

> Despite the name, Ethical Source licenses are in fact non-free because they put restrictions on usage of the software; if the author of such software disagrees with your political views, they can ban you from using the software. That strikes me as a weird distinction for somebody who supports copyleft to make. Is the difference that the political view that copyleft licenses support is limited to the issue of redist…

No, it's because it puts restrictions on use. Open source does not.

You are mistaking open source with free software. You can put as many restrictions as you want and still have open source. Open source just means you provide source with your product.

Re: Libreboot – Defend Richard Stallman

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Post by d_tr » Sat, Apr 03, 2021, 12:49 PM UTC

crispyambulance wrote: post #59

lelanthran wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> So, you're either forced to defend Richard Stallman and accept what's going on over there, or __YOU ARE THE ENEMY OF ALL OPEN SOURCE__. Where did they say that, or anything that implies that?

They plainly state their irrational opinion that the resignation was the result of a smear campaign by anti-open-source entities and even list them. That's just hysterical garbage. RMS did this to himself by being an abrasive asshole and failing to curb his autistic tendencies. As a major thought leader, he ought to know better.

I do not see the phrase "abrassive asshole" or something similar in the open letter though. I see "misogynist", "transphobe", "ableist". He is clearly not any of these things, so the open letter is indeed a hastily put together piece of garbage. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Re: Libreboot – Defend Richard Stallman

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Post by orthoxerox » Sun, Apr 04, 2021, 3:31 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #67

So one thing I'm noting here is that this letter has a heavy translation/international bent. Additionally, an extremely large portion of signers have Russian-language names, for example. Anecdotally, nearly everyone I have ever talked to or worked with in FOSS software has signed the "opposes RMS" letter, and I can't find anyone I recall or have even heard of on this one. But of course, I mostly have worked with peop…

Eastern Europe has no cancel culture: policing other people's thoughts is what they did in the Eastern bloc and no one wants a new incarnation of a Party or Comsomol cell secretary lecturing them about their behavior.