top | item 31016664

(no title)

moonbug | 3 years ago

I thought they'd booted him.

discuss

order

na85|3 years ago

No, the Free Software Foundation has decided that the best person to be the public face of the movement, the best person to represent Free Software, is a walking media shitstorm known to creep on women and actively drive them away from participating with his behavior[0], who seems to spend an awful lot of words defending pedophiles on his blog, and who eats his toenails on camera.

That's who they think is the best leader to grow the Free Software movement.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21055792

533474|3 years ago

Truth always lies in the middle. I suggest to read this article by Hannah Wolfman-Jones with a response from civil-rights expert Nadine Strossen about the whole ordeal and make up your mind [0]. I am indifferent but I think everyone should read the two sides of the story

[0] https://www.wetheweb.org/post/cancel-we-the-web

t-3|3 years ago

Free software wouldn't even exist as a movement if it weren't for Stallman. Linux and *BSD wouldn't exist. Emacs and gcc wouldn't exist. Stallman is the FSF and they're irrelevant without him.

beefbudd69|3 years ago

stallmans the founder and face of the free software movement plus most people like him despite the numerous hitpieces and toxic comments such as your own

Grimburger|3 years ago

Who do you think is the best leader to grow the Free Software movement?

throwaway81523|3 years ago

Your rant says more about you than it does about Stallman.