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Open letter calling for the removal of the FSF board of directors over the reinstatement of RMS (rms-open-letter.github.io)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

His heart's in the right place (with much needed self-criticism regarding super regressive shit he's put out in the world) in general, but when it comes to free software there's the incredibly relevant problem of his unwillingness to recognize the contribution of women to the field and FOSS in particular. In an 07 interview:

I don’t have any experience working with women in programming projects; I don’t think that any volunteered to work on Emacs or GCC.

That was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now, and if you don't think you can trace a straight line from that sort of shit to the over-representation of cis white men in tech idk what to tell you.

Between that and the decades of interpersonal harassment that many women experienced at MIT, sorrynotsorry he's not redeemable at least when it comes to being a worthy representative.