Re:RMS addresses the free software community
by imwillofficial on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:30PM
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People downvoted you, but you actually engaged my question in good faith.
You make some excellent points.
I’d argue that being in a leadership position, RMS should have practiced more professionalism, but in a simple way, the way I asked the question, you are correct.
Of course, going too far without consent[2] is wrong. But merely initiating, and then listening, is not.
[1] Pedantry: as long as they’d be morally allowed to continue with consent. Pedophilia being wrong implies that hitting on children is wrong, for example.
[2] Note that it is possible to preemptively withdraw consent. Hitting on someone who previously said “don’t hit on me,” but hasn’t said it to you yet, is still wrong.