Joint Statement on the GNU Project

Re:Joint Statement on the GNU Project by Accujack on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:36PM (#21185060)

This last is a major contributing factor to the volume of those asking for his ouster... they are free to walk away and not use GNU or other free software, but they don't want to. They want to have their cake and eat it too, they want to keep free software and get rid of the guy that makes them feel bad about it because he's awkward and poorly socialized... like very many computer savvy people are.

These people are arguing for their own desires more than anything. They want an FSF they can feel good about, not this one with a flawed person producing the software they can't give up.

If he doesn't sit well on a pedestal, push him over and set someone else there.

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Re:Joint Statement on the GNU Project by shadowgovt on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:54PM (#21185246)

That's arguably what figureheads are for; to be set up and knocked down at the whims of the public. When a person becomes symbolic of an organization, they run the risk the organization will change (or they will) and dissociation will become necessary.

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Re:Joint Statement on the GNU Project by Accujack on Monday October 07, 2019 @10:24PM (#21188062)

He's never really been a figurehead, at least not entirely. At the start, he was one of the most prolific programmers around, and I think he still writes code sometimes.

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