netcat
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He should go on Oprah and apologize to the women of the world.
I think he's just on the autistic spectrum. He certainly doesn't naturally understand that he might be upsetting someone by what he says or does.Reading that article makes me believe that RMS has some sort of minor psychological disorder
I don't think that is working. Those people are always happy to rage against anyone, with or without disorders, that don't protect them. It's wasted logic. They go on reflexes. They don't argue, they just react. That's what twitter and Co. is for.How can those people rage against someone who might have a mental disorder. He needs to be protected!
Because if you care that you may be upsetting someone you won't change much anything ever. He might be more accommodating, but then he'd had ended up inventing open source. And he certainly doesn't see many people accommodating him, anyway. Sharing a Google document is unsetting, so maybe the autistics are the Google Drive users ?I think he's just on the autistic spectrum. He certainly doesn't naturally understand that he might be upsetting someone by what he says or does.
Are you kidding?He should go on Oprah and apologize to the women of the world.
That is a funny idea. RMS is a weird dirty man but he has lots of good things for libre software:Could he not turn the weapons of those who rage against him against themself?
Reading that article makes me believe that RMS has some sort of minor psychological disorder.
Some sort of social incompetence he is not guilty of.
Each organization now has to treat him with respect and must give him special treatment even.
How can those people rage against someone who might have a mental disorder. He needs to be protected!
I do not like labels like those. What does it mean to be autistic? It is just a name for a set of symptoms. We already know his symptoms, labeling it "autistic" does nothing useful. He is bad at social interactions, that is all. He clearly has good intentions, so we ought to be capable of forgiving his flaws without needing a special disease name for it. Let him who is without flaws cast the first stone.I think he's just on the autistic spectrum. He certainly doesn't naturally understand that he might be upsetting someone by what he says or does.
Without Stallman there would not be a FSF in the first place. You are acting like he is just some random guy but he is literally the founder and the most important advocate of libre software in the history of libre software.I have to admit that I'm sorry for the FSF if they feel like they can't do without one 68 years old member.
I do think about that sometimes, though. RMS may be one of the best or the best, but he will not live forever. Someday we may need a successor. But luckily not today!Has he nominated a successor yet?
While agree with your sentiment, autism is not a disease, nor is it something to be ashamed of. I said "spectrum" as it's a line we're all on, and simply affects some people more than others.He clearly has good intentions, so we ought to be capable of forgiving his flaws without needing a special disease name for it
I parlty agree but the problem is not about the FSF and RMS. That'd be too easy. The problem now is about the rest of the world. It's no longer RMS active in the FSF or RMS enjoying a well deserved retirement. First because he rejected retirement. And second because the cancel culture is attacking him and the free software supporters are supporting him. So whatever the FSF decides is going to be taking sides. It may have been different, but it is so now. And the cancel culture is a dangerous side to be taking, so they need to be siding with the RMS supporting folk, even more than with RMS himself. We could all live (sad) without RMS, we could even live (badly) without the FSF, but we can't live in a world where anyone that sets out to do something good can be cancelled by baseless accusations and spin, controlled by media groups and social media oligopolies.I have to admit that I'm sorry for the FSF if they feel like they can't do without one 68 years old member.
I doubt it. He might do in the most materially pragmatic sense. But in a more ideological sense, it makes little sense. I believe he'd wish that everyone be his successor. That's the joke on Saint Ignucious. He doesn't really want to be a leader, just to speak his mind. If that implies he being a leader, so be it.Has he nominated a successor yet?
Jein. He should go on Oprah but can't because he wouldn't get a fair chance to represent himself because she's a sexist racist pig pandering to an emotional throng. And she's computer illiterate.Are you kidding
Well, as we know, a few members of the management team resigned:Has he nominated a successor yet?
That reminds me of when I saw that MS was a platinum member of the Linux Foundation. That caught me by surprise. But Linux was never about freedom so I guess maybe it was more predictable than I thought at the time. Linux is free software but Torvalds never cared about freedom as an end in itself.Well, as we know, a few members of the management team resigned:
So they do need new candidates, and one has been nominated:
Congratulations! You just became a mid-20th Century Englishman!Because your apologies are so sincere, I now feel the need to apologize about having required yours.
And as I feel bad about that and it's your fault, you should apologize again.
Here comes the vicious circle
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