+1 Despite not being a Stallmanite myself, I seriously couldn't agree more. Besides, it's not like he just got hired to the board of an organization fighting human trafficking... it's software. Completely unrelated. One's opinion on any given topic has little to nothing to do with how well they can perform their job in a completely unrelated field.
And once this drama starts, where does it end? Shall we have a survey of all FreeDOS users to determine which ones hold unpopular opinions and disassociate from them en masse? And who decides what opinions are unpopular? The ludicrosity of this logic becomes quickly apparent. Lots of Stallman's views are vastly misaligned with my own, however we may disagree with others on matters of principle (or even because they're simply an unpleasant sort of fellow) and yet be mature enough to see the importance of upholding their right to hold that very idea which we may consider outlandish and offensive. Opinion outrage such as this is very tiring these days, not to mention has little to do with FreeDOS itself as a whole. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, March 29, 2021 6:24 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 2:40 PM tom ehlert t...@drivesnapshot.de wrote: > > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/red-hat-withdraws-from-the-stallman-led-free-software-foundation/ > > maybe it's time to show the FSF the middle finger, too? > > Tom > > Why do you bring this drama here?? How does quasi-political outrage > affect FreeDOS? There is little to link FreeDOS to FSF other than the > GPL, but (as you know) the GPLv2 is very, very popular overall in the > software world. > > Honestly, he's been known as "very eccentric" for many years. I don't > think anybody is surprised. He has opinions and voices them (whether > unpopular or not). You know what they say about opinions, right? > Everyone has one. > > Let's not crucify anyone, and let's not cancel any technical plans > because of irrational anger. > > You don't have to like or support him, but keep in mind that it's very > inconvenient having to walk on eggshells just because various other > people can't get along for trivial reasons. (Yes, hypothetical > opinions are trivial. If someone can't handle their own emotions upon > every outrageous statement, nobody else wants to deal with that. It's > reasons like this that I don't use Twitter.) > > Please don't fan the flames here. It's not important. If you want to > start a crusade, you're going to lose. > > (Jim, I'm not condoning his opinions, but it's tiring always reading > about drama like this.) > > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
