Let's see - who's on the @fsf board of directors? Could we count on them to do the right thing?
Ok, first name on the list is Gerald J. Sussman....oh.https://twitter.com/H0tdish/status/1166445162681249792?s=20 …
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This thread is eye-opening. I hadn't previously really engaged and certainly never knew RMS held these views (and the views on pedophilia). I would say I'm surprised, but people in the limelight usually find a way to disappoint you.
Warnings about him have been circulating among young women for at least 30 years. He's written things publicly about adult/child sex being OK in "consensual" circumstances for ~20 He's been getting a free pass for a generation because of GNU and Emacs. It is time for that to end
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I do not dispute that he's had an insane amount of influence over modern computing and the overall success of *NIX and OSS... but that's not the end of it. His behavior, and a generation of young men following him, have successfully pushed out many thousands of women from CS.
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A lot of them don't see this as a problem. He's absolutely shaped the industry, in some ways for the better, in other ways for the worse. In 2019, I don't think he has anything to offer that will make OSS, CS, or industry better. RMS and those like him are the pipeline problem.
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