Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 11:14:48 JST tef

   to be clear, stallman has repeatedly shown that he's not a capable steward of software projects (everything that happened to hurd and gcc), and even less capable as a leader of an organization

   even before you get into his toenail eating: he is very bad at his job

   if free software is to mean more than a cult of personality, he should be replaced at the fsf, no question

   i do not think he is capable or responsible enough to perform the job he gave himself

   • Embed this notice
     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 11:14:48 JST tef

     in reply to

     "what's his job" promoting free software and providing a real alternative to proprietary systems

     "how's that working out" gcc kept getting forked to stop him sabotaging the project, eventually forcing clang to exist.

     "oh" immediately after he stepped down, emacs replaced the default config with something useful over his crufty defaults

     "i guess" other people have successfully written microkernels several times over, their secret was not reporting to rms. he is the reason hurd does not work

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     tef (tef@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Oct-2024 19:26:42 JST tef

     in reply to

     even before you open up the book labelled "the guy has really skeevy opinions and doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut"

     or the large overflowing binder of "people who have left free software because of his behaviour"

     there's a quick summary note that says "other free software organizations have broken ties with the fsf because of him"

     for someone who kicked up a fuss over sudo it is kinda tragic they're clawing onto power over others despite the consequences

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.