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from reading just this comment, i would have assumed that stallman was stripped of all his land and titles and made to starve under a bridge. what really happe
by smhost 7y ago
from reading just this comment, i would have assumed that stallman was stripped of all his land and titles and made to starve under a bridge.
what really happened was that he went from holding leadership positions in three prominent institutions to just one. it's easy to have strong feelings about these issues, but let's try to keep things in perspective.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoApparently to zero, and if we're to believe the article, he's been made to starve under the bridge too (if I'm to believe the countless HN threads about homelessness in the US, this is how being homeless looks like).
- smhost 7y agoUnless something has changed recently, stallman is still the head of the GNU project (https://www.fudzilla.com/news/49493-richard-stallman-says-i-am-still-here https://www.fudzilla.com/news/49493-richard-stallman-says-i-...). and according to stallman's personal site, he's found interim housing (https://stallman.org/ https://stallman.org/).
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThat's both good news. Thanks for the update.
- wavefunction 7y agoFood is relatively accessible in the US for everyone but there are of course difficulties for people who need help knowing about the resources available to them or practical difficulties in taking advantage of those resources (lack of transportation, scheduling difficulties with children or one or more jobs, etc.) Accommodations underneath bridges and even worse places for our homeless are unfortunately a widespread issue in the US.
- swalsh 7y agoHe lost his job from this. It is a big deal.
- lettergram 7y agoHe pretty much was / is. He lived at MIT, his life’s work was GNU and the FSF. All three were taken away, and more than that - people were excited and driven to do this. He’s had to move, he’s lost all his potions, etc. There was very little discourse and punishment was swift. That’s not really the way justice should be served. This man (RMS), essentially spent his life fighting for others. He was thrown to the wolves without discussion.
- smhost 7y agostallman is still the head of the GNU project.
- lettergram 7y agoThat may not be the case... We don’t know if it’s true but: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21103133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21103133 In either case, to your comment, he was stripped of his life. To say otherwise is disingenuous. It’d be like saying: I took your house and job, but left you the car. That’d still be striping you of land and title (to your comment)
- smhost 7y agocurrently, https://stallman.org/ https://stallman.org/ says: > I continue to be the Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project. I do not intend to stop any time soon. apparently the site was previously defaced by an FSF employee.
- hailk 7y agoHe was fired for taking an unpopular stance about a very subjective topic in a private mailing list. He isn't a law maker or a sociologist. He is a technologist. He isn't obliged to have a socially correct opinion. You are right. Let's try to keep things in perspective.
- sergioj97 7y agoKeeping things in perspective, do you really believe what is happening now isn't going to ruin Stallman's life?