Free software means that the users have the "FREEDOM" to run, edit, contribute to, and share the software...regardless of who they are or what their purpose ...

A group of people including Drew DeVault are trying to cancel RMS again, basing their claims on ancient misinterpreted quotes. Stallman may be controversial, but these activists are just acid for the entire Free Software movement.

  • Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de
    52·
    18 days ago

    this is the attack on stallman

    seems prett damning to me

    also i’m going to let devault himself rebut this

    also no: stallman being under attack for credible accusations and even non-retracted public statements is not an “attack on free software” but a much needed clean up. call it a refactoring of legacy assets, if you want.

    • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
      33·
      18 days ago

      The cult of Stallman continues to baffle me. The man is venom in the veins of the free software community and people just adore him.

      I love the ideals of the free software movement but RMS is so toxic that I won’t associate myself with it while he’s tolerated.

      • Sub_dermal@beehaw.org
        12·
        17 days ago

        A lot of the ‘debunking’ here is very poor, it assumes Stallman’s innocence at every junction, argues that Stallman’s word is more important than his actions, fails to engage with the full complexity of arguments against him, and more than once uses “but he’s tender hearted, so he can’t be bad” as an argument.

        Certainly not “rational and objective” like it claims.