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Free Software Is Under Attack! (Will You Help Defend It?) (youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by JustMarkov@lemmy.ml to c/foss@beehaw.org

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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.

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[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 33 points 1 month 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.

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