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Re:Richard Stallman steps down as as head of the GNU Project... by happytoexplain on Saturday September 28, 2019 @06:43PM (#21103483)
>his thoughts and opinions beyond FLOSS do not matter to me

Why? That's an impressive amount of benefit of the doubt to give anybody, but so much more so if you're also willing to personally host that person. It's almost unbelievable. Do you in fact mean to say not that you don't care about his opinions, but that you simply have read about them and don't find them particularly condemnable?

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Re:Richard Stallman steps down as as head of the GNU Project... by EmeraldMoon on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:06PM (#21103649)
I have attended his talks, listened to podcasts and read some of his conversations on mailing lists. I can see why people may not like him, or the way he talks. But we disagree with people all the time.

I would be willing to host him just for the conversations, and because I feel like it's the least I can do for a man who shaped much of the software that I use everyday.

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Re:Richard Stallman steps down as as head of the GNU Project... by Smithalicious on Saturday September 28, 2019 @07:33PM (#21103812)
RMS' bad opinions hold the weight of a handful of average people at most while his opinions on FOSS hold the weight of thousands.
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