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Is there a good rundown over what people were actually getting mad about with RMS? RMS has done a lot for free software, and while I think the whole GNU/Linux n
by Gollapalli 5y ago
Is there a good rundown over what people were actually getting mad about with RMS? RMS has done a lot for free software, and while I think the whole GNU/Linux naming pasta is a bit silly, what RMS did with emacs, gcc, and copyleft is genuinely heroic in terms of accomplishment and impact.
So far as I can tell, it's "RMS defended Marvin Minsky" and "RMS said something about sex with teenagers not being super terrible many years ago".
Also, was the Minsky thing related to Epstein? Because if so, it's hard to blame Minsky for falling victim to a international intelligence operation that also ensnared presidents, financiers, and movie moguls, all of whom are far more shrewd and worldly than any mathematician has a right to be. And the right thing would be to blame the foreign power that was doing the ensnaring, IMHO.