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The PSF could reject donations from Microsoft and Google. Deb Nicholson was previously at the OSI, which is widely thought to be ... industry friendly, so that
by bgwalter 1y ago
The PSF could reject donations from Microsoft and Google. Deb Nicholson was previously at the OSI, which is widely thought to be ... industry friendly, so that is unlikely to happen.
They could also have done research in 2018 before accepting the award, which is standard procedure for politicians etc. But of course they wanted the award for their career.
- wizzwizz4 1y agoAnd before that, she was at the Software Freedom Conservancy, who are not industry friendly. I don't see why you're focusing on this one person.
- bgwalter 1y agoFor one, I cannot examine all signatories of the Stallman cancellation petition here. Then, given the cancel and defamation happiness of the PSF, this is an excellent example for double standards.
- zatwr5524 1y agoSoftware Freedom Conservancy had Microsoft, Google and Salesforce as Platinum sponsors: https://web.archive.org/web/20200522063800/https://2020.copyleftconf.org/schedule/presentation/20/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200522063800/https://2020.copy... The whole software foundation industry is sketchy.
- wizzwizz4 1y agoRichard Stallman was paid to give a talk at Microsoft. https://stallman.org/articles/microsoft-talk.html https://stallman.org/articles/microsoft-talk.html I don't know what point you're all trying to make: it's possible to accept money from the bad guys without that compromising your future actions. Just because the Linux Foundation hasn't managed it, that doesn't mean the Software Freedom Conservancy can't.