Re:In Support of Richard Stallman
by SenAnder on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:40AM
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> for a lot of people, "perceived willingness" is just too high concept
But the smear merchants couldn't take the risk. I agree, Stallman shouldn't have been commenting on it - as the face of free software, he needs to think carefully about appearances, regardless of being technically correct.
Where we disagree is in presenting journalists repeating the smears as merely confused. They can write 1000+ word articles about the statement, but can't spend more than one word quoting the statement itself?
But the smear merchants couldn't take the risk. I agree, Stallman shouldn't have been commenting on it - as the face of free software, he needs to think carefully about appearances, regardless of being technically correct.
Where we disagree is in presenting journalists repeating the smears as merely confused. They can write 1000+ word articles about the statement, but can't spend more than one word quoting the statement itself?