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>It does not matter if rms is a nice person or not. If it impacts his effectiveness in leading the FSF, then it absolutely does matter. If he's abrasive, then

>It does not matter if rms is a nice person or not. If it impacts his effectiveness in leading the FSF, then it absolutely does matter. If he's abrasive, then nobody will want to work with him, and by extension people won't want to work with the FSF. We shouldn't have to play this politically-correct bullshit game of tiptoe: Richard Stallman's social skills are shit, and saying that he's not well suited to a people-facing role is not some attack on him. >conforming to someone else's views should not be a necessity to work in your chosen field. It sounds like you don't know the difference between bootlicking and subtlety. While the face of the FSF being unyielding on Free Software is generally good, the face of the FSF being unyielding on,say, nosefucking with plants is less so.

Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
> If it impacts his effectiveness in leading the FSF, then it absolutely does matter. He founded the damn thing. Let him lead the way he likes it. So far, he was quite successful in carrying with the organization's mission. If you don't like the way he runs FSF, you can start your own foundation right now. No?
- Qwertious 6y ago
  >He founded the damn thing. Let him lead the way he likes it. So far, he was quite successful in carrying with the organization's mission. My mistake, I missed the part where he declared himself dictator for life. Or the part where I declared I'd support him even if I thought he wasn't a good choice for the job. Yes, he did such wonderful work on GCC direction or that abortion joke he banned people from removing from documentation. Anyways, what FSF-approved distro has successfully gained notable market share in any consumer market? Ubuntu is more open-source than Free Software, considering e.g. people like to play Steam games on their AMD cards with nonfree microcode (actually 55% of gamers use Nvidia-proprietary IIRC). The Free Software community did a whole lot of good work, and I'm sure you've read the paper that proves it was literally all due to Richard Stallman, who by the way was the sole inventor of the concept of sharing software. >If you don't like the way he runs FSF, you can start your own foundation right now. No? Aw shit, that'd be a mess - we'd have to replace the GPLv3 with a license that gives someone else stewardship over GPL3'd (or whatever we call the new license) IP.

Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago

> If it impacts his effectiveness in leading the FSF, then it absolutely does matter. He founded the damn thing. Let him lead the way he likes it. So far, he was quite successful in carrying with the organization's mission. If you don't like the way he runs FSF, you can start your own foundation right now. No?

Qwertious 6y ago
>He founded the damn thing. Let him lead the way he likes it. So far, he was quite successful in carrying with the organization's mission. My mistake, I missed the part where he declared himself dictator for life. Or the part where I declared I'd support him even if I thought he wasn't a good choice for the job. Yes, he did such wonderful work on GCC direction or that abortion joke he banned people from removing from documentation. Anyways, what FSF-approved distro has successfully gained notable market share in any consumer market? Ubuntu is more open-source than Free Software, considering e.g. people like to play Steam games on their AMD cards with nonfree microcode (actually 55% of gamers use Nvidia-proprietary IIRC). The Free Software community did a whole lot of good work, and I'm sure you've read the paper that proves it was literally all due to Richard Stallman, who by the way was the sole inventor of the concept of sharing software. >If you don't like the way he runs FSF, you can start your own foundation right now. No? Aw shit, that'd be a mess - we'd have to replace the GPLv3 with a license that gives someone else stewardship over GPL3'd (or whatever we call the new license) IP.