He probably was blacklisted in some way and his recent complaints (which attracted a fair amount of attention here) probably led to dang et al reconsidering. I

He probably was blacklisted in some way and his recent complaints (which attracted a fair amount of attention here) probably led to dang et al reconsidering. I can’t imagine there are a lot of Stallman-types here. After all, HN is the discussion forum for Y Combinator, a startup accelerator and VC group.