Couldn't have said it better. I hope Stallman survives this coup because there is potential here for the GNU project to be destroyed by the actions of a few (I

Couldn't have said it better. I hope Stallman survives this coup because there is potential here for the GNU project to be destroyed by the actions of a few (I'd like to say misguided but I fear that some of them have been planning this for a long time). And unlike what they say they want to push towards, there is value in GNU not being a "democracy". Committees can easily get corrupted - we've seen this repeatedly in the open source world - and are not a good substitute for a single person with a strong moral code. A "democracy" would never have given raise to the GNU project to start with. Here is Andy Wingo beating the war drums [1] and starting a witch hunt [2] against some poor guy: " "He starts his talk by stating his hope that he won't be seen as "offensive or part of rape culture or something" " "His microphone wasn't on, so once he gets it on he repeats the joke. I stomp out, slam the door, and tweet a few angry things" To Andy Wingo, this was a "rape culture joke". Notice his snap judgement on the matter, there is no room for additional interpretation here, no room for thinking. His mind is already made up. He "stomps out and slams the door". We have reached the point where people with hair-thin triggers are ready to jump on someone and brand him with the vilest form of - career destroying - criticism if they deem what he says offensive. I'm disgusted by this behavior and hope that the GNU project finds a way to distance themselves from this sort of idiotic ideology. [1] https://wingolog.org/archives/2014/08/18/on-gnu-and-on-hackers https://wingolog.org/archives/2014/08/18/on-gnu-and-on-hacke... [2] https://twitter.com/andywingo/status/500637145342935040 https://twitter.com/andywingo/status/500637145342935040