Mob Mentality Threatens The Free Software Movement
Summary
TLDREl script aborda la controversia en torno al regreso de Richard Stallman a la Free Software Foundation, desencadenando debates en la comunidad de software libre y tecnológica. Stallman, fundador del movimiento, regresa como miembro del consejo tras su renuncia forzosa como presidente por comentarios polémicos sobre el escándalo de Jeffrey Epstein. El video critica la cultura del 'cancel culture' y defiende la importancia de la perdón y la adaptación en lugar de la destrucción de reputaciones. Anima a la Free Software Foundation a mostrar valentía y continuar luchando por los ideales de software libre, derechos digitales y privacidad, sin ceder ante la presión de la opinión pública.
Takeaways
- 😐 Richard Stallman ha regresado a la Fundación del Software Libre, pero no como presidente, sino como miembro del consejo.
- 😠 Stallman fue obligado a dimitir como presidente hace aproximadamente un año y medio debido a comentarios controversiales sobre el escándalo de Jeffrey Epstein y Marvin Minsky.
- 🔍 MIT lo despidió por esos comentarios, que mantenían vivo el escándalo en el que estaba involucrada la universidad.
- 🤔 La comunidad del software libre y la tecnología está dividida sobre su regreso, lo que indica una lucha interna significativa.
- 🗣️ El narrador del script no apoya la 'cultura de cancelación', argumentando que impide el perdón y la reformación personal.
- 🤨 Se cuestiona la validez de las críticas de Stallman, sugiriendo que algunos críticos son más bigotes y misóginos que él.
- 📄 Se menciona una petición en GitHub llamada 'rms-open-letter', que busca el辞职 de todos los miembros del consejo de la Fundación del Software Libre.
- 👎 Se argumenta que muchos de los firmantes de la petición no están relacionados con el movimiento del software libre y, en algunos casos, desean su fracaso.
- 💬 Se critica la conducta de algunos miembros de la comunidad, como Coraline Ada Emke y la Fundación GNOME, por ser particularmente negativos y hostiles.
- 🛡️ El narrador insta a la Fundación del Software Libre a mostrar valentía, ignorar a los trolls y a los protestantes, y mantenerse fiel a sus ideales.
- 🌐 Sugiere que la Fundación del Software Libre necesita adaptarse mejor al mundo moderno, utilizando plataformas populares para comunicar su mensaje.
Q & A
¿Qué conflicto está ocurriendo actualmente en la comunidad del software libre?
-Actualmente, hay una disputa significativa dentro de la comunidad del software libre y el movimiento tecnológico en torno a la vuelta de Richard Stallman a la Fundación del Software Libre.
¿Por qué tuvo que dimitir Richard Stallman del cargo de presidente de la Fundación del Software Libre?
-Richard Stallman tuvo que dimitir debido a comentarios desafortunados que hizo hace aproximadamente 18 meses sobre Jeffrey Epstein y Marvin Minsky, lo que llevó a que MIT lo despidiera y a que la Fundación del Software Libre se distanciara de él.
¿Qué es la 'cultura de cancelación' y cómo se relaciona con el caso de Richard Stallman?
-La 'cultura de cancelación' se refiere a la tendencia de someter a la cancelación a personas con opiniones o acciones desagradables, como perder su trabajo o ser expulsado de organizaciones. En el caso de Stallman, algunos sectores lo han criticado y buscado su cancelación por sus comentarios pasados.
¿Por qué la comunidad del software libre debería preocuparse por la 'cultura de cancelación'?
-La 'cultura de cancelación' va en contra de los valores del software libre, que promueven el diálogo, el cambio de mentalidades y la libertad, en lugar de la censura y la destrucción de las voces disidentes.
¿Qué es el movimiento 'Ethical Source' y cómo se relaciona con el movimiento del software libre?
-El movimiento 'Ethical Source' es una propuesta de licenciamiento de software que permite a los creadores decidir quién puede usar su software basándose en factores demográficos y personales. Se opone al movimiento del software libre, que promueve la libertad de uso, modificación y distribución del software.
¿Qué es la petición en 'rms-open-letter.github.io' y qué demanda?
-Es una petición en línea destinada a forzar la renuncia de todos los miembros de la junta directiva de la Fundación del Software Libre, quienes据称 'permitieron' la vuelta de Richard Stallman, según los firmantes de la petición.
¿Por qué la petición mencionada podría ser vista como un intento de acabar con la Fundación del Software Libre y el movimiento del software libre?
-La petición busca no solo la salida de Richard Stallman sino de toda la junta, lo que podría debilitar gravemente o incluso desmantelar la organización, dado que muchos de los firmantes no están vinculados con el movimiento del software libre y algunos incluso lo critican.
¿Qué sugiere el guionista para que haga la Fundación del Software Libre en respuesta a la situación actual?
-El guionista sugiere que la Fundación ignore las protestas y se centre en lograr victorias concretas en la lucha por el software libre, la privacidad digital y los derechos digitales, mostrando valentía y adherencia a sus ideales.
¿Qué tipo de actitud se refleja en aquellos que firman la petición por 'movimiento de manada' y cómo se relaciona con la cultura de cancelación?
-El 'movimiento de manada' refleja una actitud de seguir la corriente sin cuestionar, donde las personas firman sin una comprensión profunda de la situación, motivadas por el temor de ser excluidas socialmente, lo que se alinea con la cultura de cancelación que busca aislamiento y castigo por desacuerdos.
¿Cómo el guionista ve la situación actual en relación con la comunicación y la adaptación del movimiento del software libre al mundo moderno?
-El guionista considera que el movimiento del software libre necesita mejorar su comunicación y adaptarse al mundo moderno sin cambiar su mensaje fundamental, llegando a las plataformas donde se encuentra la mayoría de las personas para difundir su mensaje.
¿Por qué el guionista insta a los miembros de la Fundación del Software Libre a no ceder ante la presión de la 'cultura de cancelación'?
-Porque el guionista cree que ceder ante esta presión va en contra de los principios del software libre, que promueven la libertad y la resistencia a la opresión, y que la única forma de luchar es manteniendo estos ideales y no comprometiéndolos.
Outlines
😠 Controversia sobre la reincorporación de Richard Stallman
Este párrafo aborda la reciente polémica en la comunidad de software libre y de código abierto, causada por el regreso de Richard Stallman a la Fundación del Software Libre. Se menciona que Stallman ha sido readmitido como miembro del consejo, pero no como presidente, tras su renuncia forzosa hace un año y medio debido a comentarios controversiales sobre el escándalo de Jeffrey Epstein. El narrador expresa su desacuerdo con la cultura del 'cancel culture', que busca silenciar a aquellos con opiniones desfavorables, y critica a aquellos que buscan eliminar a personas como Stallman sin considerar la posibilidad de cambio o discusión.
🤔 Críticas y posiciones de los opositores a Stallman
El segundo párrafo se enfoca en las críticas de personajes clave que han firmado una petición para que todos los miembros de la junta directiva de la Fundación del Software Libre renuncien, alegando que 'habilitan' a Stallman. Se mencionan nombres de individuos y organizaciones que, según el narrador, no tienen un verdadero interés en el movimiento del software libre y que en algunos casos desean su fracaso. El hablante sugiere que muchas de estas críticas están motivadas por emociones y prejuicios políticos, más que por argumentos racionales.
😡 Análisis de las acusaciones y la actitud de los críticos
Este segmento del guion examina las acusaciones de bigotería, misoginia y transfobia hechas contra Stallman y compara su conducta con la de sus críticos. El narrador argumenta que, aunque Stallman ha cometido errores, muchos de los que lo critican son en realidad más odiosos y tóxicos en sus expresiones en redes sociales. Se enfatiza la importancia de la objetividad y la capacidad de respetar las convicciones de uno sin caer en la hostilidad y la propagación de odio.
💪 El llamado a la valentía y la resistencia a la cultura del 'cancel'
El cuarto párrafo hace un llamado a la valentía y a la resistencia a la presión de la cultura del 'cancel'. El narrador expresa su respeto por Stallman por su consistencia y su capacidad de mantenerse alegre y sin rencor a pesar de los ataques continuos. Aconseja a la Fundación del Software Libre que ignore las protestas y demuestre valentía al tomar decisiones basadas en sus principios, en lugar de ceder ante la presión de la opinión pública.
🌐 La necesidad de adaptación y transparencia para el movimiento del software libre
El último párrafo destaca la necesidad de que la Fundación del Software Libre se adapte al mundo moderno, mejorando su comunicación y utilizando plataformas populares para difundir su mensaje. El narrador critica la dependencia exclusiva de Stallman como rostro del movimiento y sugiere que la Fundación debe ser más transparente y honesta con sus miembros y la comunidad. Finalmente, anima a los miembros a luchar por los ideales del software libre y a los no miembros a unirse a la lucha.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Free Software Foundation
💡GNU Project
💡Copyleft
💡Software Libre
💡Proprietary Software
💡GNU General Public License (GPL)
💡GNU/Linux
💡Software Freedom
💡Richard Stallman
💡Open Source
Highlights
Richard Stallman has returned to the Free Software Foundation as a board member, not as president.
Stallman's return sparks controversy within the tech and open-source community due to past comments about Jeffrey Epstein and Marvin Minsky.
MIT fired Stallman over his comments, which kept the Epstein scandal in the spotlight, leading to pressure on the Free Software Foundation to distance themselves.
The speaker criticizes 'cancel culture' for its lack of forgiveness and mean-spiritedness, contrasting it with the free software movement's ideals.
A petition on GitHub aims to remove the entire board of the Free Software Foundation, not just Stallman, indicating a broader attack on the organization.
Many signatories of the petition are critics of the free software movement or have no involvement with it.
The speaker calls for ignoring the trolls and hateful protests, focusing instead on the principles of the free software movement.
Coraline Ada Emke, creator of the Ethical Source movement, is highlighted as an example of a vocal critic with a contrasting agenda.
The GNOME Foundation and the Open Source Initiative are mentioned as having members who are politically charged and critical of Stallman.
The speaker argues that the Free Software Foundation should make its decision to reinstate Stallman official and transparent.
The need for the Free Software Foundation to achieve real victories to overshadow the controversy is emphasized.
The speaker suggests that the Free Software Foundation should better adapt to modern communication methods to spread its message.
A call to support the Free Software Foundation and its ideals, encouraging non-members to join and contribute to the cause.
The speaker reflects on the importance of courage and sticking to one's ideals in the face of opposition and controversy.
The transcript concludes with a strong stance against compromise with those promoting hate and bigotry, urging to hold the line for free software and digital rights.
Transcripts
right now it looks like there's a major
fight
going on within the free software
community
and just the broader open source
community
and the tech community over the fact
that richard stallman is back richard
stallman is back at the free software
foundation
he says he is on the board of the free
software foundation he's not the
president
he was forced to resign as president of
the free software foundation about a
year and a half ago
and he wasn't a part of the free
software foundation in any official
capacity for the last year and a half
because of some unfortunate comments he
had made
about 18 months ago where he made some
comments about jeffrey epstein and
marvin minsky and the scandals
surrounding those particular individuals
on a mit mailing list
mit fired him from his job as a
professor at the university over those
comments because mit was
really wrapped up in the whole jeffrey
epstein scandal and they wanted that
story to go away
and by richard doing what he was doing
he was actually keeping that story alive
and mit was not very happy about that so
they fired
richard over those comments and then
there was pressure from the free
software foundation to also distance
themselves from richard
so they forced richard to resign his
position as president of the foundation
but now it looks like they're ready to
welcome him back into the fold not as
president again he's just a board member
right now but there's nothing to say
that richard couldn't become president
of the foundation again
in the near future now i don't want to
go back and rehash past events the
events that led up to richard being
fired from mit
and the free software foundation i did
videos about this stuff
you know 18 months ago and many many
other people made videos about this
story and wrote articles about this
story
it was big news at the time and
the one thing i will say is that i am
not
a fanboy of richard stallman as far as
just a blind fanboy that he can never do
wrong i've actually publicly criticized
richard stallman on a number of
occasions about things he said
and about things he's done sometimes
richard does put his foot in his mouth
sometimes richard puts
things in his mouth that used to be a
part of his foot but even though i've
been critical of richard in the past for
some things i've never wanted to cancel
richard right i'm not one of these
council culture
kinds of people that they find people
that they disagree with politically
and they have to shut that person up
right they have to get that person fired
from their job
or removed from their foundation or
project or whatever speaking platform
they have
they want to completely annihilate this
person destroy them
shut them up in a way they can never
speak to society again that is cancel
culture i don't
understand that because that is for one
thing it's very mean-spirited
and hateful all right these people that
are a part of the canceled movement
they are very angry and bitter and
negative people
and i think that is a rather poor way to
lead your life
the other thing that cancel culture
teaches is that there's no forgiveness
about anything right the minute you make
a mistake
you are forever shunned by everyone else
and that's that's wrong that's
completely antithetical to everything
that the free
software movement itself is about i mean
the free software movement is out there
trying to change hearts and minds as far
as
free software you know proprietary
licenses versus free licenses
and digital rights and digital privacy
and things like that
and if we can get companies like
microsoft and google and apple
to start changing some of their
proprietary services
over to free software man that's great
that's a win
but if we had the cancel culture
mentality then that mentality is
microsoft is evil they can never not be
evil
so why even preach the message of free
software to these people they can never
change
well that's stupid right that's that
makes no sense and that's the kind of
message these cancel culture people
have you know they're wanting to shut
people up because they think a certain
way that they disagree with
and instead of trying to maybe change
that person's minds
on this topic you just want to shut them
up entirely because you just assume well
he can never change well maybe the
person that needs to change
is you and if you thought the cancel
culture movement against richard 18
months ago was bad
what's going on today is even worse
they actually created an open source
project over on github it's a website
rms open dash letter dot github dot io
it's a petition to have everyone at the
free software foundation that's on the
board
removed from their position so they
don't want to just remove richard
because they disagree with richard
they want the entire board of the free
software foundation
being forced to resign because these
people quote
enable richard right so what this
is this is an effort to end the free
software foundation
and an effort to end the free software
movement and what what i find
funny is almost all of these people that
sign this petition
none of these people have anything to do
with the free software movement or the
free software foundation
anyway many of these people are open
critics of the free software movement
many of these people
actually want to see the free software
movement fail and they've been stating
this for years
so of course these people are signing
this petition against richard they i
doubt they really care
about any of the comments richard has
said in the past they just want the man
destroyed they want everybody on the
board of directors to
be forced to resign they want the free
software foundation to actually
be shut down going through a list of the
names of some of the people that have
signed the petition
i could have almost even before going to
the list and looking up
some of the names in that petition i
already knew some of the names that
would show up just from
the way some of these people act in
public the way they act on twitter
the way they act on reddit you know the
really negative
mean-spirited hateful bigoted kind of
people that
unfortunately exist in our community
most of those people you can go find
their names on that list i'm talking
about people like
coraline ada emke who is completely
out of her mind on twitter she is very
nasty mean-spirited and just a hateful
person she is the creator of the ethical
source movement the ethical source
movement
stands firmly against the free software
movement
so again of course she wants to see
everybody on the free software
foundation board resign
because she hates free software she
wants quote
ethical software that is a software
license where
the person that created that piece of
software can decide
who gets to run that piece of software
and who doesn't as far as based on
demographics whether i like that person
politically philosophically religiously
you know if i agree with you great you
can use my software if i disagree with
you in any way
you don't get to use my piece of
software that's coraline ada empty and
the ethical
source movement not to mention coraline
is
very politically activist in nature
so anything that's politically charged
her name is always going to be there
well
that's the first name that i looked up
when i went to that list
shockingly it was there neil mcgovern
and many of the people on the gnome
foundation was also a part of the list
the gnome foundation
has always been very politically charged
they have been very divisive they have
been
prejudicial and bigoted and some of the
language on their website and in their
code of conduct
not surprisingly most of the people that
are involved with the gnome foundation
are also on that list some other notable
people
many people that sit on the board at the
osi the open source initiative
their names are also on that list is
that a surprise
that the people that are on the open
source initiative board
are also against the free software
foundation open source
and free software they're not really the
same thing in many cases they are at
odds with each other
so of course a lot of the people that
are deeply invested
in open source are also against richard
and the free software foundation there's
nothing to see there not to mention
that the osi here in recent years has
also
been warming up to the idea of the
ethical source movement
and people like coraline ada emke i also
noticed many names from google including
chris debona who is google's director of
open source
he actually sits on the board at the
linux foundation
because google has seats at the linux
foundation chris
debona has that seat and the linux
foundation
is not invested in the open source
movement or the free software movement
i've made videos about this in the past
the director
of the linux foundation actually uses
mac he uses iphones and macbooks
and all of these pdf documents and
everything that you find on the linux
foundation website all of it was made on
macs
all of it was made using proprietary
software from the adobe suite
so those guys those guys don't matter
chris debona at google doesn't matter
none of the people at the linux
foundation matter
because again they're not even part of
the free software movement
so like 95 of the names on this petition
don't even matter because you're you're
not even a part of this thing
so why would we listen to you why would
anybody that
deeply cares about the ideals of free
software
care what people from gnome
and the osi and google and mozilla you
know moza there's plenty of people
from mozilla on the list as well mozilla
that wants to censor the internet yes
well yeah i'm sure they really don't
like richard and the free software
foundation and everything that those
guys fight for as far as
digital privacy and digital rights of
course mozilla is completely against
that
and then you've got a lot of people just
signing the list because of
mob mentality right once people start
adding their names to the list and the
list gets longer
then other people feel the need that
they have to sign it to they really
don't necessarily care
what richard did or didn't do they just
want to be
a part of this thing right they feel
like they need to be a part
of history in some way but one of the
things
is can you objectively look at some of
these people
and their criticisms of richard stallman
because i can
objectively look at some of what richard
has done and i can say
you know what i don't like that or that
was fine to me
i like i can i can separate myself again
i
personally i think richard's probably a
okay guy but has he done some
dumb things sure but can you guys also
take a look at these people that are
criticizing
richard stallman look at what these
people are tweeting
look at what these people are posting
over on reddit go read the twitter feed
for people like coraline ada emke
and other people like that these people
with the gnome foundation and mozilla
and all these the osi
and ask yourself these questions are
these people angry are these people
objective or are they completely run by
their emotions
are they mean-spirited are they nasty do
they have anything
rational to say in many cases that's not
actually the case they don't ever post
anything logical or rational or anything
based in fact it is
all uh just driven by emotion and it's
all
almost always politically charged what i
find
hilariously funny is many of the people
that criticize richard
they try to label him as a bigot as a
misogynist
as transphobic and many other things
but objectively speaking if you go look
at some of these critics
of richards go look at their twitter
feed
they say things that are far more
hateful bigoted
prejudicial than anything richard has
ever
uttered in his life and these people
sometimes are saying these kinds of
things
on a daily basis but they are the ones
calling for richard to be canceled
and when you compare richard to many of
his critics
one of the things i really respect about
richard is when he speaks
he does come across as genuine he sticks
to his convictions and you can tell he's
not being a troll
many of his critics you can't say that
because many of his critics are
obviously just there for the trolling
they are there because they're fueled by
hate and many of them are fueled by
religious or political
indoctrination and they've been
programmed
to hate richard and people like richard
and even though i've been critical of
richard stallman one thing i will never
do
one thing ideologically i will never do
i will
never side with anybody that promotes
hate
and that's what critics of richard
stallman are doing
many of these people are actually
actively promoting
hate and bigotry and racism and just all
kinds of nasty things
these people are just the worst of
humanity
and and they are claiming that richard
is that you know it's one of the things
many people
when they try to accuse others really
they are trying to deflect attention
from themselves and i think that's what
a lot of these people are doing
i guess i come from a different
generation because
again i i disagree with some of the
things that richard has said and done in
the past but one thing i've never done
i've never said anything vile
or nasty or hateful toward the men ever
i've never told other people to go be
vile and hateful and nasty toward the
man either
like it's i don't know why
this is the norm today it just blows my
mind
i have said on occasion that he should
not be the out in front
spokesperson for the free software
movement that maybe he's not the best
guy
for that job but i've never again
attacked
the guy in some personal way and
i mentioned my criticisms of rms simply
to show that people can disagree with
each other
without being nasty just because you
disagree with somebody it doesn't have
to
be one of these situations where you
have to be filled with all this
anger and rage and everything devolves
into just an all-out war
where it's a us versus them mentality
and
you're either with us or you're with
them and if you're with them guess what
after we're finished destroying richard
we're coming after you too
that's the kind of cancel culture
mentality and
it's very destructive it's destructive
not just to society it's destructive to
you personally being filled with all
that anger and rage
is not healthy and the cancel culture
mentality they prey
on people that are scared to death of
being
excommunicated from society you know
these people like coraline ada emke and
the gnome foundation guys and all of
these people
they they're these weird sick people
that prey
on people's fears of being cast out from
society they know
many of you guys your greatest fear is
being cast out from society
because most people are extroverted most
people like being a part of the herd a
part of the social circle
so when you are threatened it's like hey
we want to get rid of this guy
you're going to help and if you don't
help guess what you're going with him
what are most people gonna do well okay
i'll go along with the herd
let's go get richard that's not
principled in any way right
that is just weak-minded and cowardly
if you just go along with people just to
go along right
at some point you do have to show
courage you have to show real courage
and real courage is sticking to your
ideals no matter what other people
say or do what no matter what the
consequences may be and that's one of
the things
i love about richard is he sticks to his
ideals richard understands what real
courage is one thing
i have never said and will never say is
that richard stallman
is a coward because he's not this man
has been constantly under attack for
decades
and he's fine with it and what i love
about it is he's still
when you see him speaking when you see
videos of the man he's often smiling
he's often jovial
in tone and you know he is not one of
these people that is filled with hate
and resentment and bitterness even
though
you would think all these people coming
after you all the time
would tear you down he is not like that
though and i really respect the guy for
that now ultimately people are going to
want to know do i agree with the free
software foundation
should they let richard back as a board
member should they maybe eventually let
him
be president again i i think that's okay
i i didn't i didn't care that they asked
the man to resign
if that's what people within the free
software foundation wanted to do it's an
internal thing right we don't care what
core line ada emke
thinks but if the people within the free
software foundation
thinks hey it's been 18 months the guy
he he was punished enough
let him come back he deserves to be a
part of this community he deserves to be
a part of this movement because he's the
person
that founded the movement he's the
person that founded the free software
foundation yeah you know he served his
time
now let's reinstate him let him be part
of this thing once again and i'm
perfectly
okay with that my advice to the free
software foundation
is ignore the trolls ignore all the
hateful
protests on social media and on that
ridiculous
github petition and all of that because
none of those people matter
and what i would suggest to the free
software foundation is like i mentioned
how courageous richard stallman has been
for decades in the face of all of his
attackers
the free software foundation needs to
start showing some courage right
they need to understand that almost none
of their detractors in this
have anything to do with the free
software movement anyway many of them
are not involved with free software at
all they don't care about free software
or
in some cases they're actually anti free
software
so why would you try to kowtow to these
people right these people don't matter
so just have some balls here free
software foundation stick to your ideal
stick to your principles
and show some courage even if there are
some short-term consequences maybe a few
people
do leave the free software foundation in
protest
it doesn't matter in the long run this
is what you have to do the next thing i
would say to the free software
foundation is don't drag this thing out
yeah people are going to protest you're
just going to have to learn to live with
that
don't drag this out reinstate richard
stallman if that's what you want to do
make it official
because you guys haven't publicly come
out and said it's official richard did
it for you
but i would post something on the free
software foundation website right now
saying richard is back he's a member of
the board
we know some people are going to have a
problems with it oh well
within the free software foundation we
discussed this
and we decided this was the best course
of action the people outside of the free
software foundation
your opinion doesn't matter at all on
this and i would just go with it the
other thing
is you know don't be tempted to change
your opinions on these things just
because of the prevailing political wins
right
because politics and the prevailing uh
mindset of society is always changing
and a little transparency would be good
i think the free software foundation
they need to be honest
they need to be honest with themselves
and with the members of the foundation
so more transparency if you were going
to bring richard back
this discussion should have been more
open and out there so it wasn't the kind
of shock where richard
appears on camera one day and says i'm
back right
you could have uh warmed people up to
the idea a little bit
but you know that's in the past now
there's no going back and changing this
thing
i think another thing that the free
software foundation can do is to go out
there
and achieve some real victories because
that makes the controversy go go away
right
if you go out there and have some major
wins in the fight for free software
digital rights digital
privacy and you know all of that stuff
that
the good press will drown out the bad
press
and also i think it will shut up the
detractors a little bit because
they see the people in the free software
movement making a real difference in
real people's lives and not just
one demographic right the free software
foundation fights for
all people regardless of gender
regardless of race regardless of age
regardless of what country you're in
regardless of sexual orientation it
doesn't matter
the free software foundation fights for
everybody
when we fight for free software digital
privacy digital rights
it is a fight for every single person on
the planet
even those mean-spirited and nasty and
hateful people that are trying to cancel
richard those
evil people that sign that petition
guess what the free software movement
they are fighting for those people as
well even though many of those people
would claim we're not we're fighting for
everyone even those
that would shut us up even those that
would kill us in some circumstances
i also think the free software
foundation needs to better adapt itself
to the modern world
and by adapt i don't mean they need to
change the message the message
is perfect as far as like the definition
of the free free software you know the
four freedoms we don't need to change
that message
it's set in stone it is what it is by
adapting to the modern world i think
what i'm saying is the free software
foundation
needs to do a better job of
communicating because
right now because richard was the face
of the foundation for decades and
richard is so detached from the modern
world
and in part because of his unique
position as the person that created the
movement and everything
he's completely and totally against
using anything proprietary
i i think that has held the movement
back the fact that
getting the message of free software out
on social media platforms like facebook
read it or on the big video platforms
like youtube
you know richard was never going to do
that
he just couldn't because ideologically
he couldn't be on those platforms and i
understand why he did that
but was that the best way to get the
message out by not being on all the
platforms that all the people are on
no that is not the way to spread the
message of free software
and i i think that has held the movement
back a little bit
and i but i think that is a unique
problem to richard as the founder of the
movement he just can't be
seen as being on a place like facebook i
think once we get past richard you know
other people are prominently speaking
for the free software movement
i think many of those people are going
to realize they need to go
to where the masses are and they need to
start spreading the message of free
software
on these proprietary platforms because
the people on the proprietary platforms
are the ones that need to hear the
message the most
a final word i would say is i support
the free software foundation i mentioned
i'm a member of the free software
foundation i'm currently a member and
i'm not planning on going away
right i'm not one of these people that
just instantly react to something as i'm
canceling my membership because
of the mob on the internet all of them
are going crazy let me go crazy too no
no i'm not one of these types of people
and i'm one of these types of people if
i i have i'm part of something and i
really want to be a part
of it and it's going a direction i don't
want to go
well i try to be a part of the solution
i don't want to be a part of the problem
and all of you people that are leaving
the free software foundation over this
you're not a part of the solution you're
part of the problem and all of those
people that oppose the ideals of
the free software movement that they're
not
gonna quit attacking people like richard
stallman they're not gonna quit
attacking people like me
right they're never going away they're
never going to quit attacking you guys
on the board of the free software
foundation
these people that are asking for all of
you guys to resign guess what
that's what you signed up for when you
joined this movement
you signed up for this fight and if if
you
weren't prepared to take that fight then
you probably should resign
but if you were prepared to take that
fight then actually fight
and actually win fighting for freedom
means you got to stick
to your principles right you don't
compromise we never compromise
we never acquiesce you don't compromise
with a stupid person
by agreeing hey i'll become dumber
myself so i can meet you in the middle
that's not what you do
right and that's kind of what these
people the detractors out there
are wanting they're wanting us to come
to them that's not what we do we hold
our ground
we make them come to us for those of you
that are not members of the free
software foundation i strongly urge you
guys go to fsf.org
click on the donate tab at the top of
the page and become a member of the
foundation
help us fight for free software the
ideals of free software help us fight
for digital rights and digital privacy
help us stand up
to the cancel culture mob mentality that
is attacking people like richard people
like myself and
members of the free software foundation
just help us
join the fight right help us hold the
line
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