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Re:Joint Statement on the GNU Project by mark_l_watson on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:04PM (#21184026)
I personally think that Richard Stallman is both not getting fair treatment and to some extent brought this on himself.

For me, the GNU project becomes much less interesting without his blog articles, public talks, etc.

I had let my FSF membership lapse, was thinking of renewing, and now probably won’t.

Off topic, but I enjoyed seeing the leaders of the various GNU projects listed in one place as signers of this letter. I don’t agree with them but it is good to see their names and projects listed.

Re:Joint Statement on the GNU Project by enriquto on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:50AM (#21189162)
> Off topic, but I enjoyed seeing the leaders of the various GNU projects listed in one place as signers of this letter. I don’t agree with them but it is good to see their names and projects listed.

Notice that for most of the big projects, it is not the leader name that appears on that list, but only a particular developer.

Re:Joint Statement on the GNU Project by wott on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:09PM (#21184081)
> the leaders of the various GNU projects

The leaders of selected GNU projects who were likely to share the same opinion and sign. Others were not even informed of this initiative that kind of poses as speaking in their name.

Re:Joint Statement on the GNU Project by mark_l_watson on Monday October 07, 2019 @07:18PM (#21187025)
Thanks, I didn’t know that other contributors were not consulted.