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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by nyolfen on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:26AM (#26539829)
one of those criticisms as a i recall was 'he had a mattress in his office' as if this suggested something untoward rather than him sleeping in his office
Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by dralley on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:39AM (#26539972)
No. If you go back and look at that accusation, it was that he was propositioning people for sex in the halls of MIT, AND he had a mattress in his office.
Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by nyolfen on Monday March 22, 2021 @09:15AM (#26540321)
> propositioning people for sex in the halls of MIT

you are going to need to cite that. the only accusations of 'sexual harassment' i have seen are asking women at conferences on dates.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by jkaplowitz on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:17AM (#26541131)
That counts as harassment in my opinion if it happens without at least some reasonable reason to believe the women may be interested in dating him, if he persists with a given woman after she doesn't respond with interest, if there is any sort of power dynamic or other coercive context in place that might make the woman feel not free to decline without social or professional penalty (within a community like the free software world this obstacle would often be present in relation to someone like RMS who is prominent within that community), if he makes a habit of propositioning people in professional contexts, or if he asks women out in unprofessional ways like inappropriate touching. If none of these patterns occur, it's probably not harassment, but I suspect he does some of them.

And if it is harassment, I'd probably say it's sexual harassment since it relates to unwanted seeking of romantic or sexual relationships in a professional environment.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by h_anna_h on Monday March 22, 2021 @09:43AM (#26540666)
He used to live in his office.
Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by pseudalopex on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:32AM (#26541353)
He moved out around 1998.[1]

[1] https://stallman.org/rms-lifestyle.html

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by hutzlibu on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:43AM (#26540006)
Well, but in combination with the sign on his office" Knight for Justice (and hot ladies)" and other remarks he did - you maybe see, why some people might get another idea?

And why women feel uncomfortable around such a men? And why it therefore might be a bad idea to have such a person in a leadership position?

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by flippinburgers on Monday March 22, 2021 @09:28AM (#26540474)
Which apparently was written by someone else who then snapped the photo.
Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by hutzlibu on Monday March 22, 2021 @09:42AM (#26540650)
You know that as a fact, or are you providing alternative facts based on what?

I have not seen the sign in person, but been told by people that it was indeed there.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by h_anna_h on Monday March 22, 2021 @09:44AM (#26540684)
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Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by ratww on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:37AM (#26541424)
> Because I do not see that in there.

It's in the last paragraph.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by hutzlibu on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:52AM (#26541654)
Ok. My bad then. If this is true, it changes maybe some things.

And I lack the sources, but I recall people saying that the sign was there for quite a while, even if he did not wrote that by himself. And I actually would like a quote from him, to confirm that he did not write it. All that is in that source is someone saying it was not put up by him.

If it was really put up by someone else, it would be the question if it was a joke. Making fun of RMS well known attitude - and he left it as in agreeing, at least for a while - or if it was ammo for a smear campaign. Then it would make sense to investigate that and put it right.

But I actually suspect the former.

Re:Richard Stallman is coming back to the board of the FSF by h_anna_h on Monday March 22, 2021 @11:31AM (#26542235)
Why not email and ask him? Just make sure that you are polite. He replies to pretty much everyone.