Stallman has a long trail of accusations of mistreating women at MIT, as well as a long history of adopting some extremely unpleasant opinions. Many of these i

Stallman has a long trail of accusations of mistreating women at MIT, as well as a long history of adopting some extremely unpleasant opinions. Many of these instances didn't get much attention until he was scrutinized for defending Minsky. Stallman and his defenders like to frame this debate in terms of a single email to a mailing list, but people associated with the FSF see it as a longer-running problem with his personal behavior. I am not comfortable repeating any of the stories about this, but they have painted a fairly consistent picture for some time now. Finally, his return to the board came as a surprise to everyone outside the FSF board, including sister organizations like FSFE and even voting members of the FSF. Now it looks like the current FSF president is planning to step aside for Stallman to assume the presidency, all with no apology or even expressed remorse for the behavior which led to his resignation in the first place, and I think that's adding fuel to the outrage.