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I do not see any issue with Red Hat or other companies cutting funding to FSF (for good or bad reasons). FSF and Stallman currently are just a source of bad pre
by beytzin 6y ago
I do not see any issue with Red Hat or other companies cutting funding to FSF (for good or bad reasons). FSF and Stallman currently are just a source of bad press currently.
I personally feel that Stallman would be considered toxic by today's standards of behaviour and is overall a liability to the Free Software movement (which itself is mostly irrelevant today for the average Software Developer or end user).
Despite this I find myself extremely appalled by the overall discourse by those pushing for the FSF board's resignation. A common theme among the complaints seem to be that someone in a leadership position should be held to higher standards but I am seeing many among those who have signed the rms-open-letter along with other supporters who seem to be prominent in the Software community engaging in extremely toxic rhetoric (on Social media) towards any disagreement with their opinion such as calls for firing/not hiring those who may have different opinions, accusations of pedophilia, misogyny, transphobia and other prejudice.
Supporters who say they just want Stallman out of leadership positions seem happy to like/amplify the above positions.
I gave the linked snippets (and a bit more) on Stallman's websites a read. Stallman seems like a man completely out of touch with the state of things today especially those related to morality. But it seems to be a stretch to attribute deliberate malice.