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Some of RMS’s behaviour seems excusable, but I think a majority of the population would support the social norm by which anybody who publicly states that posses
by sjy 6y ago
Some of RMS’s behaviour seems excusable, but I think a majority of the population would support the social norm by which anybody who publicly states that possession of child pornography should not be illegal [1] is disqualified from leadership positions. As far as I know, RMS has not resiled from this position, although he has conceded that the actual sexual abuse of children should be per se illegal.
[1] https://rms-open-letter.github.io/appendix https://rms-open-letter.github.io/appendix
- mindslight 6y agoA person who has a very strong opinion on computational freedom has an unpopular political opinion that directly follows from data privacy? gasp If RMS were a leader at a church or youth club, yes we'd rightly worry about where that view was coming from. But your data being your business is squarely within the goals of the FSF, and RMS staking out unpopular opinions based on their implications for his philosophy is precisely why he has been so prescient.