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I think there was more social pressure for him to resign from FSF, and more institutional pressure for him to resign from MIT/CSAIL. The institutional pressure
by benatkin 7y ago
I think there was more social pressure for him to resign from FSF, and more institutional pressure for him to resign from MIT/CSAIL. The institutional pressure probably wasn't as painful, but was more forceful. I think he'd probably been holding back the pressure he felt to get the FSF thing over with for a while, but hoping for the controversy to die down, but when he was forced (or practically forced) to resign from MIT/CSAIL it became clear he wasn't going to win, and he decided to get it over with. Perhaps he'll be sleeping better tonight.
- droopyEyelids 7y agoDid he resign from MIT? If so, he won't be sleeping well- he actually lived in his office (it was also his residence)
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- benatkin 7y agoYes. [0] And indeed he used to live there. He hasn't lived there in years, though. [1] 0: https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/17/20870050/richard-stallman-resigns-mit-free-software-foundation-epstein https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/17/20870050/richard-stallman... 1: https://stallman.org/rms-lifestyle.html https://stallman.org/rms-lifestyle.html