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by bjt2n3904 1907 days ago
You want to know what will cause Free Software to die? It isn't RMS.

The other day I told someone I thought this whole reaction to RMS was stupid. I was instantly labeled as "one of them", and "enabling harmful behavior" and blocked.

This is nothing more than a witch hunt, guilt by association, McCarthyism. Ideological conformity -- march in lockstep with me, or you're the enemy.

That is what will kill free software.

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That's just the activist philosophy. They believe in turning every workplace in a political battlefield and they will conspire to get all those who disagree with them, fired, and consequently take over the establishment. Managers should take note to not hire these nutjobs.
Pretty much what happened to the left with the Occupy Wallstreet movement and all, isn't it?
I think it's far closer to what happened with Rod Vagg and the Node TSC drama.