Re:RMS addresses the free software community
by danaris on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:17PM
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So make him a consultant. Make him an advisor or something.
In most organizations, "theorists" aren't the people in charge, no matter how cogent their theories.
Even if it's true that he's the "only human" who's capable of doing the job the best possible (in which case, as some other commenters noted, what happens if he drops dead tomorrow??), that doesn't justify allowing someone with a long history of abusive management and no apparent understanding of what made it abusive back into a management position.
If his prior pedophilia apologism were the only issue with him, then this more-or-less-apology might at least passably address that. It does nothing for his terrible personality in general and his tendency to be ableist, racist, misogynist, and just overall an asshole, any of which should disqualify him from such a public leadership role in the software community.
Keeping him there does so much harm to the image of programmers and software developers of all kinds worldwide.
In most organizations, "theorists" aren't the people in charge, no matter how cogent their theories.
Even if it's true that he's the "only human" who's capable of doing the job the best possible (in which case, as some other commenters noted, what happens if he drops dead tomorrow??), that doesn't justify allowing someone with a long history of abusive management and no apparent understanding of what made it abusive back into a management position.
If his prior pedophilia apologism were the only issue with him, then this more-or-less-apology might at least passably address that. It does nothing for his terrible personality in general and his tendency to be ableist, racist, misogynist, and just overall an asshole, any of which should disqualify him from such a public leadership role in the software community.
Keeping him there does so much harm to the image of programmers and software developers of all kinds worldwide.