Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by astrange on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:13PM
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What about the part of his activism where he makes up stupid baby names for everything he doesn't like, shouts at all his colleagues and eats skin off his toes?
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Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by pydry on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:37PM
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The attempts at character assassination are a natural side effect of his profit-hostile activism.
The attacks on his character and the noisy tantrum Google had over AGPL a few years ago (e.g. even banning it from their own version of github for a while) are manifestations of the same desire to see him and his movement nullified.
Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by astrange on Sunday October 29, 2023 @04:39PM
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It's funny because the GPL is not anti-profit, as there's two very natural models for it: one where you sell commercial licenses for people who can't use GPL software, and one where you sell support and development contracts for it.
Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by pydry on Sunday October 29, 2023 @06:55PM
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It isnt anti the concept of profit, it just had the effect of chewing through a lot of profit margins. The GPL was responsible for breaking Microsoft's desktop OS monopoly, for instance.
A watered down FSF run by an inoffensive do-nothing would be a better outcome for big tech than leaving him in charge. Hence the all the attempts to cancel him, including via cynically hijacking #metoo.
Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by mcpackieh on Sunday October 29, 2023 @06:24PM
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None of that makes him a sexual predator. You're using "he's a weirdo" to imply "he's dangerous". Obvious bullshit.
Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by astrange on Monday October 30, 2023 @12:25AM
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I never said he's dangerous. I would say he's obnoxious and antisocial.
Re:'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love wit...
by mcpackieh on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:16AM
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Why would you bring that up in relation to " Richard Stallman #metoo cancellation attempt", unless you were trying to insinuate some sort of connection between his "obnoxious antisocial" tendencies and the sexual predator allegations (that is what is meant by "#metoo cancellation attempt")