Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by DetroitThrow 1907 days ago
"Our opponents wish to destroy Free Software" in massive text without highlighting any of the legitimate, less presumptive grievances with Stallman's behavior seems to be a 1:1 drop in.

Or are you concerned about their usage of open source in place of free software? They quite plainly state principles which are also shared with the open source movement are what they're defending, even not accounting for their colloquial synonyminity.
1 comments
lelanthran 1907 days ago
> "Our opponents wish to destroy Free Software"

Does not in any way imply that people not defending RMS wish to destroy Free Software.

> So, you're either forced to defend Richard Stallman and accept what's going on over there, or __YOU ARE THE ENEMY OF ALL OPEN SOURCE__.

This quote does, and is mischaracterising the position of the linked article.

link
DetroitThrow 1907 days ago
>Does not in any way imply that people not defending RMS wish to destroy Free Software.

From the statement it is understood that you are defending free software by defending Stallman, and those attacking Stallman are attacking free software.

At best this is hyperbolic, abrasive language that makes bystanders at least complacent as the destruction of free software happens by some "Orwellian" conspiracy. Their statement is perhaps even less hyperbolic than the original writer - which I question why'd you examine the commentator with such scrutiny given the hysteria in the article.

link
ttt0 1907 days ago
It's not just RMS, they call for the removal of the entire FSF board.
link
shadowgovt 1906 days ago
An understandable call, since that is the board which (with no explanation) has re-instated Stallman.

An organization's supporters interpret bad leadership as damage and route around it.

link
ttt0 1906 days ago
Supporters like OSI, a rival organization?

No one cares about Stallman beside people who are already involved in open-source movements.

link
shadowgovt 1906 days ago
Supporters like the members of the FSF who are resigning and volunteers who have stepped away from the project in light of this decision.

https://www.fsf.org/blogs/executive-director/management-team...

link