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> because of the toxic effect he has on the community, in particular driving women -- and more recently, those repulsed by pedophilia -- away. Can you name one

> because of the toxic effect he has on the community, in particular driving women -- and more recently, those repulsed by pedophilia -- away. Can you name one person who was driven away from contributing to free software because of Stallman? Sarah Mei? Lol. I believe that it is unlikely for someone _really_ willing to contribute to society to abandon this idea simply because some person he's never met being an unpleasant person. If that really turned someone off, the desire to participate was weaker than mild.

Ar-Curunir 6y ago
What absurd nonsense. If you see a community supporting opinions you hold vile, you will simply go and join a less toxic community. This attitude that FLOSS supporters should be dedicated to the cause no matter the cost is why the GCC and copyleft communities are dying.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
  In FLOSS nobody cares who you are. Not your sex, your gender, not even your real identity. All that matters is the value you provide, mostly in the form of code. Those who contribute good code are lauded, others - not so much. If you are seeking things like recognition, acknowledgement or other ways to entertain your vanity, you should really join some other community. FLOSS could use more engineers and fewer activists who contribute only to the community, not to the code or documentation/teaching materials. Also, copyleft communities are not dying. They are fine and growing.
viraptor 6y ago
Creating new free software has nothing to do with RMS. (From the software side, he had impact on licensing) People did it before him and will continue after him, many without knowing who RMS is. More likely effect is closer to "This conference invited RMS? No thanks." from both potential attendees and speakers. Supporting FSF will also be less likely.
Qwertious 6y ago
Ooh. Blaming the user for not contributing to a political organization for political reasons? lol
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
  Ah, yes, the good old Straw Man fallacy. Would you please stop doing that? I didn't blame any users.

Ar-Curunir 6y ago

What absurd nonsense. If you see a community supporting opinions you hold vile, you will simply go and join a less toxic community. This attitude that FLOSS supporters should be dedicated to the cause no matter the cost is why the GCC and copyleft communities are dying.

Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
In FLOSS nobody cares who you are. Not your sex, your gender, not even your real identity. All that matters is the value you provide, mostly in the form of code. Those who contribute good code are lauded, others - not so much. If you are seeking things like recognition, acknowledgement or other ways to entertain your vanity, you should really join some other community. FLOSS could use more engineers and fewer activists who contribute only to the community, not to the code or documentation/teaching materials. Also, copyleft communities are not dying. They are fine and growing.

viraptor 6y ago

Creating new free software has nothing to do with RMS. (From the software side, he had impact on licensing) People did it before him and will continue after him, many without knowing who RMS is. More likely effect is closer to "This conference invited RMS? No thanks." from both potential attendees and speakers. Supporting FSF will also be less likely.

Qwertious 6y ago

Ooh. Blaming the user for not contributing to a political organization for political reasons? lol

Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
Ah, yes, the good old Straw Man fallacy. Would you please stop doing that? I didn't blame any users.