In Defense of Richard Stallman

Re:In Defense of Richard Stallman by lettergram on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:33AM (#21114056)

He pretty much was / is. He lived at MIT, his life’s work was GNU and the FSF. All three were taken away, and more than that - people were excited and driven to do this.

He’s had to move, he’s lost all his potions, etc.

There was very little discourse and punishment was swift. That’s not really the way justice should be served. This man (RMS), essentially spent his life fighting for others. He was thrown to the wolves without discussion.

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Re:In Defense of Richard Stallman by smhost on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:35AM (#21114076)

stallman is still the head of the GNU project.

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Re:In Defense of Richard Stallman by lettergram on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:42AM (#21114145)

That may not be the case...

We don’t know if it’s true but:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21103133

In either case, to your comment, he was stripped of his life. To say otherwise is disingenuous.

It’d be like saying: I took your house and job, but left you the car.

That’d still be striping you of land and title (to your comment)

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Re:In Defense of Richard Stallman by smhost on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:50AM (#21114211)

currently, https://stallman.org/ says:

> I continue to be the Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project. I do not intend to stop any time soon.

apparently the site was previously defaced by an FSF employee.

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