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I've never advocated finding another leader of the FSF ... But I am afraid that it will become completely irrelevant if it's viewed as an extremist organization
by smoyer 15y ago
I've never advocated finding another leader of the FSF ... But I am afraid that it will become completely irrelevant if it's viewed as an extremist organization. I think the real danger is that it's membership will decide not to be associated with it and it's funding will dry up. RMS hasn't really said where his income comes from, but I'm assuming he's paid as the FSF's leader. Assuming that RMS' marketable skills revolve around software, wouldn't it be ironic if he had to develop closed software to support himself? Given his current extremist stance, I suspect he'd choose to starve first.
- warp 15y agoAccording to [1], his income is from speeches. The Form990 filed by the FSF [2] (If I understand it correctly) confirms he does not get any salary from the FSF. 1) http://blog.mypapit.net/2005/06/richard-stallman-admits-his-income-is-from-speeches.html http://blog.mypapit.net/2005/06/richard-stallman-admits-his-... 2) http://tfcny.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/042/042888848/042888848_200809_990.pdf http://tfcny.fdncenter.org/990_pdf_archive/042/042888848/042...
- smoyer 15y agoI stand corrected ... though alienating his followers would be even more problematic then.