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I wanted to address one error in this article: "Richard Stallman being compelled to resign from the Free Software Foundation." RMS was not compelled to resign
by woofie11 7y ago
I wanted to address one error in this article: "Richard Stallman being compelled to resign from the Free Software Foundation."
RMS was not compelled to resign from the FSF.
RMS decided to resign since he felt it was for the good of the organization, and he could no longer be effective there.
While there was a lot of external pressure, there was zero pressure from within. It was RMS trying to do the right thing.
My major concern about the sequence of events there were external appearances. It seems that problem materialized.
- kazinator 7y ago> RMS decided to resign since he felt it was for the good of the organization, and he could no longer be effective there. That's just the cover story, and nobody in their right mind buys it. It was more likely a "you can appear to go spontaneously, or there will be a big fuss and you will be out anyway". It's the same old thing like when any public figure "steps down" in the midst of a scandal. That just means they picked the least unpalatable item from a menu that was handed to them, so to speak. RMS had no more real option to stay at the helm of the FSF than he had to keep that MIT office.
- woofie11 7y agoNo. I know the personalities involved. It was not a cover story.