RMS addresses the free software community

Re:RMS addresses the free software community by nextaccountic on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:11PM (#26781098)

I agree rms is unfit to be a leader, but as a member of the FSF board he is fit to give his opinion on what GPLv4 should be if it ever gets released. I'm trust FSF to do the right thing on "or later" licenses if rms is onboard, but when I see Red Hat removing funding to get him out of the board, well, this give me pause.

https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-statement-about-richa...

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Re:RMS addresses the free software community by an_mp_speaks on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:34PM (#26781481)

If you look at the FSF's 990, you will see that the Red Hat contribution amounted to about $7000 USD a year. It was a really negligible amount.

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Re:RMS addresses the free software community by nextaccountic on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:58PM (#26781851)

So why did they think they had any leverage?

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Re:RMS addresses the free software community by rbanffy on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:34PM (#26781472)

Why would Red Hat want to be associated with a group that quietly reinstates him? The board that did it should also go.

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