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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by boomboomsubban on Sunday March 21, 2021 @11:50PM (#26536664)
>It's not intended as a vehicle for any random ideal people care about.

Who used it like that? Stallman's comments happened outside the organization, the tweet was from someone I think unrelated to the project. I can understand keeping other ideals out of the project, but in context you're telling people not to express other ideals.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by themacguffinman on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:21AM (#26538459)
> the tweet was from someone I think unrelated to the project

Seems fine for unrelated Twitter randos to say whatever they want about RMS, but would be distracting and counterproductive for GNU/FSF to permanently ban RMS in support of Twitter randos' unrelated ideals. I never said or implied anything about stopping Twitter randos from expressing or doing whatever they want.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by boomboomsubban on Monday March 22, 2021 @06:00AM (#26538719)
I was asking you who used it as a vehicle... as the two people directly being discussed had not. I did not think you were trying to stop random people on twitter.

I think you're answering that GNU/FSF used it improperly but am not certain.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by themacguffinman on Monday March 22, 2021 @06:27AM (#26538881)
Yes, the people working for GNU/FSF started using GNU/FSF to punish RMS in support of other ideals. Twitter randos may have talked about it but it's up to the GNU/FSF to focus & act on it.
Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by RangerNS on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:55PM (#26550487)
... in the name of the organization.

And RMS's "pleasure cards" listing his office address and organizational email certainly indicate that his private activities are the organizations activities.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by boomboomsubban on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @12:08AM (#26550989)
Yes, he should have been reprimanded for using the organization's name to make a bad joke seemingly decades ago.