Eric S. Raymond signing Stallman's support letter says a lot. They're not exactly enemies, but they were somewhat rivals. ESR promoted Open Source as an architectural choice while Stallman promoted Free Software as a matter of justice. But ESR got forced out of the Open Source Initiative, so it seems the point we're at is protecting what we have left at all costs.

@alex@gleasonator.com I can't find reasonable arguments for why rms shouldn't be involved at the FSF. I am finding a lot of emotional arguments from many but nothing substantial.

@s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks @BlinkRape@posting.lolicon.rocks @alex@gleasonator.com @crunklord420@kiwifarms.cc uhmmm based?

@m0dese7en@gleasonator.com @alex@gleasonator.com I'd prefer RMS step back from the FSF on his own terms. I find he wastes too much time on pedantic wordplay about what constitutes "Free" instead of being the point guy creating projects like he was with GNU back in the 80s. The FSF sponsoring an AutoCAD style project or working on getting decent audio tool kits for musicians.

@Salastil@pleroma.salastil.com @m0dese7en@gleasonator.com @alex@gleasonator.com Stallman being pedantic with the word Free is exactly where he shines at. Once he got the ball rolling with Free Software he took these principles and started applying them everywhere else. A lot of projects have been influenced by Stallman's analysis of user / consumer freedom and written clauses into their copyleft licenses in the spirit of "and further distributions shall remain at least as free as this one". The idea that the spirit of Free Software shouldn't stop at software is extremely important, particularly in a world where the economy is increasingly geared towards regular payments of arbitrarily revokable licenses to access products under very controlled conditions. We absolutely need that one fucking guy who will write a 15-page essay about the importance of a free software coffee machine and maybe inspire some less eloquent autist to start the project, because all everyone else seems to be concerned about is why aren't the people oppressing them gayer and blacker.

@alex@gleasonator.com ESR is still a polyamorous cuck but that's who we have these days.

@s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks @alex@gleasonator.com >All other concerns are secondary by such a huge margin they effectively don't matter. Independent workers outside of corporate environments aren't important ?

@s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks @BlinkRape@posting.lolicon.rocks @alex@gleasonator.com @crunklord420@kiwifarms.cc Sounds like a bunch of people with too much time on their hands.

@s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks @BlinkRape@posting.lolicon.rocks @alex@gleasonator.com >crunklord420 has already gotten threatened I did?

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@s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks @BlinkRape@posting.lolicon.rocks @alex@gleasonator.com @crunklord420@kiwifarms.cc if they email me about anything i would say do it faggot

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