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There has been a lot on RMS recently with his various resignations, but this seems to be an older issue that's been known for a while. I am against call-out cul

There has been a lot on RMS recently with his various resignations, but this seems to be an older issue that's been known for a while. I am against call-out culture in general (people should be evaluated on their whole and not be told to resign over singular events) -- and there is stuff we can debate about RMS's behavior over time and everything -- but I have a feeling this issue is independent. If we're talking about people taking things they weren't licensed for, it can get into the hairy mess of the old SCO/Linux/RHEL days. Just because certain companies might be defunct or other copyrights abandoned doesn't mean other issues could crop up later.

ryanobjc 7y ago
You think RMS isn't being evaluated on his whole? The accusations are various, serious, and have been out of sight and out of mind until now. The problem with calls to "evaluate people on their whole" is that it allows people to get away with serious crimes only to be forgiven because they did something nice later on. People have a moral problem with this.
- kragen 7y ago
  Stallman has not been even accused of serious crimes, as far as I know, let alone gotten away with them. He's been accused of being an insensitive jerk and hitting on women in ways that made them uncomfortable. Both of these accusations are definitely true in some cases.