EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from the Board

Re:EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from ... by tomohawk on Friday October 22, 2021 @06:07PM (#28963355)

There's nothing on his site about it, but it is interesting to browse.

http://www.toad.com/gnu/

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Re:EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from ... by vfclists on Friday October 22, 2021 @06:45PM (#28963660)

Reads like he would be a good friend of Stallman. No record of defending friends with shady friends though.

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Re:EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from ... by gumby on Sunday October 24, 2021 @02:26AM (#28975416)

Yes, John is a very good friend of RMS’s.

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Re:EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from ... by bifrost on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:48PM (#28992244)

John is entirely unlike RMS if you've ever met either of them.

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Re:EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from ... by gumby on Monday October 25, 2021 @05:29PM (#28993376)

I am not sure I would say “entirely unlike” even though their economic philosophies are literally poles apart. And they are friends despite these differences.

I’ve known rms since 1978 (back before he stopped cutting his hair) and have started two companies with John. I know the kind sides of each of them which are unfortunately often not mentioned these days.

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Re:EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from ... by bifrost on Monday October 25, 2021 @08:36PM (#28995073)

Does sound like you know him better than I do :)

Back in the early 2000s I was the guy helping sort out John's open email relay complaints at my ISP. A few other random things too. We hosted the EFF and Internet Archive so my life was pretty busy. I've been less of a fan of the EFF over the years as they've adopted some fights that I think they're on the wrong side of (IE: fighting for censorship) but... ohwell...

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Re:EFF Board of Directors Votes to Remove John Gilmore from ... by phoneperson on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:01AM (#28996911)

Do you have an example of eff fighting for censorship?

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