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Re:Concerning ‘Remove Richard Stallman’ by Mathnerd314 on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:25PM (#21029132)
RMS is pretty old (66). I wonder if he was given the option to fight it but decided he'd rather retire than deal with all the politics, or if it was a fait accompli situation where he only had the choice between resigning and being fired.
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Re:Concerning ‘Remove Richard Stallman’ by javagram on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:41PM (#21029290)
The FSF is his life’s work, and he is getting close to retirement age.

I could see the decision as having been at least somewhat voluntary if he wants to keep the FSF’s mission relevant (GNOME and the SFC were threatening to break ties).

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