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How do you reconcile (a) your implication that Stallman is flip-flopping due to public pressure with (b) Stallman's lifetime as a Diogenean polemic who has b
by tw20190916jobdg 7y ago
How do you reconcile
(a) your implication that Stallman is flip-flopping due to public pressure
with
(b) Stallman's lifetime as a Diogenean polemic who has been shown to stand by his beliefs, no matter how unpopular?
- ceejayoz 7y agoThere's a difference between "unpopular but everyone knows I'm quirky" and "this might be an existential threat to my ability to keep running the FSF etc.".
- tw20190916jobdg 7y agoTwo things: 1. Stallman already has a lifetime of of examples of somewhat poor leadership within the GNU project, resulting in decisions that have compromised GNU and FSF's trajectory (compared to their potential), so once again, these are not new circumstances 2. How is Stallman doing FSF under threat here?
- ceejayoz 7y ago> How is Stallman doing FSF under threat here? He resigned from the FSF presidency and board yesterday a few hours after my comment, which should answer that question.
- rongenre 7y agoHe's not in jail, he can continue on twitter all he wants.
- tw20190916jobdg 7y agoIf that's supposed to somehow make sense as a reply to what I wrote, you're going to have to explain it.