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Is this the first edition? There is a third edition, so why not post it instead? https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-har

by acehw 8y ago

Is this the first edition? There is a third edition, so why not post it instead? https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf

confounded 8y ago
One guess might be that the forward for the third edition was provided by Jacob Appelbaum, who turned out to be not such a cool guy. I’m glad the version with the Lessig forward was posted (though I should probably read the new essays, too).
- acehw 8y ago
  Idk. Maybe make a 3.001 or something like that with a different forward? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - M_Bakhtiari 8y ago
    Or maybe a backward.
- deleted 8y ago
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- thecatspaw 8y ago
  > who turned out to be not such a cool guy all I could find was allegations of sexual assault which could not be proven? Or was that comment about something else?
  - sincerely 8y ago
    Without talking about this specific case (I've never heard of that guy) sexual assault is basically impossible to "prove" without clear video recordings. :/
    - adrianN 8y ago
      So guilty until proven innocent?
      - 794CD01 8y ago
        It's better than "never guilty because proof is impossible".
    - midasz 8y ago
      I don't want to get involved in this, but none of his 'victims' have ever reported it to any authorities. It's basically a social media smear campaign. They even registered a website under his name with fanfic stories.
  - jessaustin 8y ago
    RMS should be the focus here. If the forward-writer is the focus, for whatever reason, it's not a good forward.
- lolikoisuru 8y ago
  > who turned out to be not such a cool guy. Only if you believe anonymous smear campaigns. None of the alleged victims ever made any effort to start a proper investigation and one of the claimed victims (some of the stories were written by people who thought they witnessed something) came forward saying that she was in fact not a victim and that the allegations were all bullcrap.

by acehw 8y ago

Is this the first edition? There is a third edition, so why not post it instead? https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf

confounded 8y ago

One guess might be that the forward for the third edition was provided by Jacob Appelbaum, who turned out to be not such a cool guy. I’m glad the version with the Lessig forward was posted (though I should probably read the new essays, too).

acehw 8y ago
Idk. Maybe make a 3.001 or something like that with a different forward? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- M_Bakhtiari 8y ago
  Or maybe a backward.
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thecatspaw 8y ago
> who turned out to be not such a cool guy all I could find was allegations of sexual assault which could not be proven? Or was that comment about something else?
- sincerely 8y ago
  Without talking about this specific case (I've never heard of that guy) sexual assault is basically impossible to "prove" without clear video recordings. :/
  - adrianN 8y ago
    So guilty until proven innocent?
    - 794CD01 8y ago
      It's better than "never guilty because proof is impossible".
  - midasz 8y ago
    I don't want to get involved in this, but none of his 'victims' have ever reported it to any authorities. It's basically a social media smear campaign. They even registered a website under his name with fanfic stories.
- jessaustin 8y ago
  RMS should be the focus here. If the forward-writer is the focus, for whatever reason, it's not a good forward.
lolikoisuru 8y ago
> who turned out to be not such a cool guy. Only if you believe anonymous smear campaigns. None of the alleged victims ever made any effort to start a proper investigation and one of the claimed victims (some of the stories were written by people who thought they witnessed something) came forward saying that she was in fact not a victim and that the allegations were all bullcrap.