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He 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
by lettergram 7y ago
He 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.