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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by noobermin on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:51AM (#21122403)
One of the issues whenever this sort of cancelling occurs is of the people who come out of the woodwork to join in the calls, it turns out some of them have personal issues with the person aside from their contentious conduct. This is why these things, as others have mentioned, should be tried in official channels, not merely be executed in response to public attitudes and press releases.
Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by comex on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:32AM (#21122864)
What official channels? Nobody has accused RMS of anything that constitutes a crime. (But it's not surprising that the necessary qualifications for leading the FSF are stricter than the qualifications for not being in jail.)
Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by noobermin on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:37AM (#21122894)
The board could have met, deliberated, have an honest discussion, reviewed evidence. Not simply oust him a week later.
Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by pseudalopex on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:07PM (#21127810)
Are we sure he didn't just resign to take pressure off the FSF? Are we sure the board didn't deliberate?
Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by widowlark on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:12PM (#21131889)
It's not their job nor their responsibility to handle issues this way