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I think the difference here is that Linus was at least self-aware, humble or critical enough of a thinker to realize that his behavior was problematic, state t

I think the difference here is that Linus was at least self-aware, humble or critical enough of a thinker to realize that his behavior was problematic, state the fact plainly and take responsibility for changing it for the good of the community. RMS has been unrepentantly stubborn, famously intolerant of differing views and has not demonstrated a desire to change.

simion314 6y ago
This is false, RMS changed is opinion on that sensitive topic and on the other issues so far I only read things like "X said that 20 years ago RMS did Y and X felt uncomfortable" , what should he do? The other difference between Linus and RMS is that RMS is the GPL guy and many people on HN hate GPL with a passion and will spread FUD about the license any chance they get, I think this RMS controversy is fueled by the GPL/free software hate.