Post AnEQ4ks55gD45PNBjs by mpotter@social.coop
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(DIR) Post #An6tKRRCSGJpqyx6Po by carmenbianca@todon.eu
2024-10-17T20:51:08Z
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https://stallman-report.org/The thing that frustrates me about this is that the #FreeSoftware community wastes so much fucking time on #Stallman. So much time and effort is wasted on the eccentricities of one man, even though anyone with a gram of sense can see that this man is unfit to lead the social movement for our digital liberation.And we are so utterly beholden to him. So much of our language and framing is Stallmanesque, sometimes undeservedly. My biggest pet hate is the narrative that 'you, the user, will be free if you use Free Software'. No you won't, especially not if you are not technically inclined. We are freed together as a community, not as individuals. The system of collaboration and the sharing of our digital infrastructure makes this thing liberating for all of us, not my ability to patch better Esperanto support into glibc.And it's not like this movement needs a single leader, or that there aren't already extremely talented and dedicated leader figures in our community.And it's not like there aren't problems with our community that aren't related to Stallman. There are so many people (men…) who make this community less lovely than it is.But instead of lifting up other voices, or addressing other toxicity, we're stuck endlessly dealing with this one eccentric man.
(DIR) Post #An6tKSozJIwQ935c8G by feld@friedcheese.us
2024-10-17T21:36:42.151574Z
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@carmenbianca every time you share this Drew DeVault gets an ego boost
(DIR) Post #An6tKTidyNScvf83sm by carmenbianca@todon.eu
2024-10-17T21:02:50Z
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Harping a little more on one point—some people (Reddit commentors, who am I kidding) will often retort that 'Stallman was right', and that he and the FSF are the only ones with the right zeal and conviction in the struggle for software freedom and opposition to non-free software.And it's bullshit. There are _so many people and organisations_ who are every bit as dedicated to the project of software freedom. This movement has so long outgrown this one weird man, but if we are to believe his cult of personality, software freedom dies with him.
(DIR) Post #An6tgJDFiQsEiOr6w4 by nach@detroitriotcity.com
2024-10-17T21:48:35.217662Z
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@carmenbianca is drew at least paying you to post this?
(DIR) Post #AnEQ4ks55gD45PNBjs by mpotter@social.coop
2024-10-19T11:38:55Z
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@carmenbianca At this point, Stallman should probably step down for the good of the community. The controversy is harming the FSF's reputation, and they do have key roles in the community, such as litigating GPL violations. The GNU Public License is ingenious in how it protects software from Capitalistic encroachment, and I'm sure proprietary vendors would be only too happy if people were put off from using GPL offerings.
(DIR) Post #AnEQ4ltXHky3GD3re4 by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-10-21T12:53:51.408901Z
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@mpotter @carmenbianca "The controversy is harming the FSF's reputation"Is it? It's a few SJWs gangrushing as usual.
(DIR) Post #AnEcQkQWcf5CWpjmKW by tyil@fedi.tyil.nl
2024-10-21T15:12:14.957Z
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@carmenbianca@todon.eu There are so many people (men…)Correct me if I'm wrong but are you complaining about a guy being sexist, while being sexist yourself?Since you are an FSFE board member, can we infer that the FSFE's official position is that it hates the existence of a group of people based on their sex?
(DIR) Post #AnFHvbeVONTYPe6r8C by bonifartius@qoto.org
2024-10-21T22:57:16Z
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@carmenbianca > The thing that frustrates me about this is that the #FreeSoftware community wastes so much fucking time on #Stallman. [...] this man is unfit to lead the social movement for our digital liberation.without stallman there wouldn't be the "social movement for our digital liberation". almost everyone else would lack the wit to dream up free software. even less if it was the 1980s. some gratefulness for this achievement certainly is in order.> We are freed together as a community, not as individuals.freedom is by definition individualist, free software is individualist. free software is voluntary contracts between individuals. it's the polar opposite of any collectivist idea. it _especially_ has nothing in common with ridiculous ideas of abolishing property rights. ideas history has proven countless times to kill millions and not even work in the first place.> The system of collaboration and the sharing of our digital infrastructure makes this thing liberating for all of us, not my ability to patch better Esperanto support into glibc.the first is a direct consequence of the latter. the ability to study and modify software is precondition to collaboration and sharing in the realm of software.> There are so many people (men…) who make this community less lovely than it is.looks like judging people based on external characteristics is back on the menu!> But instead of lifting up other voices, or addressing other toxicity, we're stuck endlessly dealing with this one eccentric man.yet you comment on matters regarding RMS instead of doing these other things.
(DIR) Post #AnFIq0jjJgVkQWRuHQ by andrewz@stranger.social
2024-10-21T23:07:27Z
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@bonifartius @carmenbianca We have located the one. Aleart the HURD.
(DIR) Post #AnFnTY9fzxjVzVM4w4 by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world
2024-10-22T04:50:46.887057Z
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@bonifartius @carmenbianca
(DIR) Post #AnG0ymrOfpWxyn1wie by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-10-22T07:22:00.078Z
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@mpotter@social.coop @carmenbianca@todon.eu I agree with you the controversy is harming the FSF's reputation, but I do want to remind you that Stallman is not the one who started this controversy.
(DIR) Post #AnG7dvNyTqyq1DGdc0 by bonifartius@qoto.org
2024-10-22T08:36:44Z
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@mangeurdenuage haha xD @carmenbianca