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Re:Playing the Open Source Game by Chris2048 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:44AM (#26803350)
You mentioned Epstein specifically so that's what I'm responding too.

What does it mean to be "questionable"? controversial? wrong? That the earth is round is questionable (to some smaller subset of people) - that doesn't change the fact that the RMS was misrepresented (without scare-quotes) - the truth of his actual comments wrt Minsky do 100% exonerate him - that a subset of people don't agree is irrelevant.

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Re:Playing the Open Source Game by vineyardmike on Saturday April 17, 2021 @04:31PM (#26847208)
Questionable is that some significant group of people might not be ready to support or condone the views. The fact that its still in discussion means that even with his "exoneration" he's still not viewed positively.

He's viewed so negatively that this Epstein thing (which he is not exonerated entirely imo) is not the only reason to distance from him.

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Re:Playing the Open Source Game by Chris2048 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @05:10PM (#26847480)
Sure, because of misinformation. A significant number of people may hold an insignificant view; a significant number of people don't wear facemasks either.
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