> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 1:30 PM > From: "Thomas Rodgers" <rodg...@appliantology.com> > To: "Ian Lance Taylor" <i...@google.com>, "GCC Development" > <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>, "Mark Wielaard" <m...@klomp.org>, "Nathan Sidwell" > <nat...@acm.org> > Subject: Re: Remove RMS from the GCC Steering Committee > > On 2021-03-29 17:39, Christopher Dimech via Gcc wrote: > > > > You might say that the fullness of Thomas Jefferson's legacy should be > > acknowledged, but he did a bit more with his life than own slaves, just > > as the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. did more with his time on earth > > than cheat on his wife and Mohandas Gandhi did more than write racist > > tracts about black Africans. We remember those men, and celebrate > > them, > > for other things. > > This is irrelevant to the discussion as to whether RMS should be member > of GCC SC and whether or not the SC should make a public statement > regarding the matter, one way or the other. The individuals you cite are > all long dead, their entire history and legacy can be and is evaluated > as much in the context of the time in which they lived as it is in the > time in which we live now, with all the changes in social norms and > standards that that entails. Stallman will no doubt be judged in a > similar manner by history; founding the Free Software movement - good, > the impact of his abusive and misogynistic behavior which (at best) > belongs to another time - probably not so good.
I followed an interview he had with Dr. Diane Hamilton, and one cannot say he was prejudiced against her. I have had my own problems with women in higher up positions that expect they can act to any level of irresponsibility as some men have done. I thus consider women simply as people. > The question is, in this time, right now, is that specific last bit > there. Is that the legacy that the GCC project and it's community of > contributors (and by contributors, I mean those that actively currently > do so) by continued association, wants for itself? > > I fully support the idea that the Steering Committee ought to make a > definitive statement in that regard, one way or the other. Active > contributors can then make whatever decisions they deem necessary based > on that information. >
