>Richard Stallman, originator of the first free-and-open license, resigned from the Free Software Foundation last year over comments sympathetic to the late bil

>Richard Stallman, originator of the first free-and-open license, resigned from the Free Software Foundation last year over comments sympathetic to the late billionaire and molester Jeffrey Epstein. This is patently false character assassination. This should read instead "Richard Stallman, known high-functioning autist with a broken, abusive childhood, defends Marvin Minsky, the only father figure he's ever had, from posthumous accusations of rape and pedophilia on semi-private mailing list. He was then forced to resign and made homeless after lifelong struggle for freedom and justice at the expense of everything else in his life." But that's certainly not a news story--that's just a tragic inquisition and miscarriage of justice. I'm sure a bunch of blue herrings (i.e. rabid twitter users) will show up and respond with one or more variation of the following (but with zero facts): "As a woman in tech, I feel personally threatened by the fact that creepy Stallman is alive and walking around freely, creepily. He should have a muzzle put on him and be defenestrated off the Cliffs of Dover. Otherwise we're still alienating potential contributors." "Stallman is not the squeaky-clean corporate skinsuit we needed to further our sociopathic power grabs. Even if he was innocent (which he wasn't, he's literally Hitler), he should have been removed years before because he's not the right fit for the position of bootlicking for FAANG and champagne socialists." "Do you even know how society works? Stallman is the problem. He is literally the personification of everything that is wrong with men and software. Period. How anyone can believe that his behavior is acceptable in 2020 is beyond me. You literally need to see a therapist. This Karl Popper quote taken out of context means I don't have to introspect about stomping on your face. #stallmanisliterallyhitler" Or, they'll just downvote this comment silently, which shows that they've read this comment, know it's true, and want the public to know that they acknowledge that, but >:(