Re:It's time to talk about post-RMS Free Software
by mikeash on Saturday September 14, 2019 @11:49AM
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These are not “controversial opinions.” Controversial opinions are things like “Chernobyl wasn’t that bad” or “abortion is murder.” This is just a guy defending the rape of children.
Re:It's time to talk about post-RMS Free Software
by Andrew_nenakhov on Saturday September 14, 2019 @01:53PM
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He wasn't defending the rape of children.
Re:It's time to talk about post-RMS Free Software
by mikeash on Saturday September 14, 2019 @02:30PM
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Well, he spent a bunch of words arguing it’s not rape. I suppose that is slightly different.
Re:It's time to talk about post-RMS Free Software
by eesmith on Saturday September 14, 2019 @12:08PM
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What would provide sufficient base for you to accept that statement?
Because I think there is some basis in that statement, given the many conversations I've had over the last 20 years I've known of free software, and known of people who dealt with Stallman.
Including my own experience.
You are making a baseless assumption that it hurts the movement and are using it to push a change in leadership to someone, who is ideologically more aligned with your views (presumably, maybe you have hidden agendas, who knows). To me it seems that politically correct leadership afraid to talk about controversial topics and express controversial opinions is going to hurt free software much more by letting "the mobs", corporate PR attacks, etc. influence them and shape the movement.