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He created it more then 30 years ago. It has evolved into something much, much greater than himself and so the organization has a very serious responsibility to
by ixtli 7y ago
He created it more then 30 years ago. It has evolved into something much, much greater than himself and so the organization has a very serious responsibility to more stakeholders as well.
- ng12 7y agoThat's exactly it -- 30 years of flourishing with RMS very publicly documenting his opinion on everything the whole time. That's why I find it hard to believe that his behavior was so harmful to the organization.
- zaarn 7y agoIt wasn't harmful as in it would kill the organization but I believe that a lot of people were turned away from the FSF or even FOSS entirely due to RMS' behaviour.
- ng12 7y agoI think that's an exaggeration but it doesn't matter -- you cannot weigh real, tangible, impactful good against theoretical harm.
- ixtli 7y agoAlso lets not pretend its just RMS. ESR has been ostracized for his weird comments and behavior as well. The presentation of this as without precedent is really disingenuous.
- marcinzm 7y agoHas it flourished? If we use the GPL as a barometer of FSFs success then it's going downhill. Apache and MIT licensing is on the rise dramatically while GPL is a decline proportion wise. On the other hand companies that want a GPL-like license are finding the GPL not strong enough (MongoDB).
- michannne 7y agoBut that stagnation has nothing to do with anything RMS's behavior