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I know RMS, I met him in person and heard how much he had to suffer to bring his vision to life. Constant travel, begging people to let him sleep on their couch
by bitL 7y ago
I know RMS, I met him in person and heard how much he had to suffer to bring his vision to life. Constant travel, begging people to let him sleep on their couches, being understood by maybe 1% of people he interacted with, most treating him as a weird celebrity without understanding his motives and dangers he wanted to prevent in the future etc. Now he is getting his life's work taken away basically because he's a "weirdo" and "had it long coming". This is quite often a situation that breaks humans; seeing it happening to him now it prompted me to express what I consider human solidarity instead of "a form of rhetoric" or "concern trolling".
Similar worries were expressed on /r/linux as well; I don't think any of us who were concerned about his well-being were doing that for other reasons than empathy.