On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 3:11 PM Roman Mamedov <r...@romanrm.net> wrote:
> > Could be important to note that no harassment allegations were ever aimed > at > RMS himself, he's just being attacked for posting a personal opinion about > unrelated events. > > This is untrue, it's even covered in the open letter https://selamjie.medium.com/remove-richard-stallman-appendix-a-a7e41e784f88 > Long before this incident, Stallman was contributing to an uncomfortable environment for women at MIT in a very real and visceral way. > Many, many years ago, women in the AI and CS labs met to deal with the problematic atmosphere for women in the labs. We met as a group, discussed the issues, complied examples, presented them to the labs, then wrote a report. In the early 80’s, it was a pretty big deal but it would seem it did not have lasting effects. This isn't a case of him just being attacked for a personal opinion. Even if it was, at what point do we accept that repeatedly stating that opinion undermines the work your foundation is supposed to be doing? > > Ah, I see, feminists and leftists must be triggered right now, but how > > does this relate to the Tor Project or Mozilla in anyway? > > It's always fun to get in a group and pick on someone who is weak and > cannot > answer, i.e. the "schoolyard" mentality. > Sure, it's not the best PR for both but if he's a valuable (code) > > contributor I'd let it slip - anyone remember the Freedom of speech > > principle? > > He doesn't code as much these days, but he launched Free Software as a > concept, > wrote the General Public License and some cornerstone software such as GCC, > it is thanks to him that we have such operating system as GNU/Linux. > Here's how it all went: https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ > > It's true, we have a lot to thank RMS for. It doesn't necessarily follow that he's still the right figurehead, or even an appropriate one. > -- > With respect, > Roman > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > -- Ben Tasker https://www.bentasker.co.uk
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