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Red Hat pulls Free Software Foundation funding over Richard Stallman's return
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2021
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Might have been the perfect excuse for IBM (who owns Red Hat these days) without facing a shitstorm themselves...
IBM is all about saving money. This is an easy excuse to stop donating.
I think the media has done Stallman dirty but seems pretty naive of them not to consult their major sponsors before reapppointing him considering the controversy. Armchair but I would have thought they would have socialized the concept in the advance.