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The glibc maintainers removed it because a dated oblique joke didn't help anyone use glibc. People got upset when Stallman demanded they revert the change and r
by pseudalopex 7y ago
The glibc maintainers removed it because a dated oblique joke didn't help anyone use glibc. People got upset when Stallman demanded they revert the change and refused to compromise.
- bjourne 7y agoMakes sense. When reading the article I thought it implied that the joke was offensive. Apparently, it was Stallman's insistence on preserving the joke that was the problem, not the joke itself.
- pseudalopex 7y agoSome maintainers thought it could bring up painful memories or seem like it was mocking the reader's beliefs. That came up after Stallman insisted on putting it back in, though. The original consensus was just that it was badly written and out of place.