Your cited source is not really a good view of the situation. He did not reverse his position at all on the Minsky/Epstein issue (and the article quotes Stallman doubling down on this, saying he's resigning over "a series of misunderstandings and mischaracterizations" of himself), and he was re-instated at the FSF without ever providing a meaningful apology or a reversal of any of his problematic positions. Following his reinstatement he has continued to maintain and advocate for problematic political views regarding sexual assault, and he has never meaningfully retracted his views on child sexual abuse or apologized for anything he has ever said.
chrsig|1 year ago
I can't help but wonder if the initial blowblack didn't cause some amount of oppositional defiance. or if the FSF just can't operate without him or the inverse. Kind of his life's work.
Not excusing his behavior, just trying to understand it (without putting in enough effort to really understand it, I suppose). I guess I still have to hope that there's some plausible explanation beyond "he's a shitty person".
Maybe there's room for a new foundation for anyone that wanted to pick up the torch. Aside from that, I'm not really sure what there is to do.
Thanks for defending the ND world.