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   kaia (kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:05:04 JST kaia
   RMS speaking requirements are so delightfully autistic. we learn about his soft drink preferences (when tired)
   
   https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/g/mysociety-community/c/zkyZpOXjgoQ/m/_8xyXSxv9zYJ
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:05:02 JST SuperDicq

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     @kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com Did you finally find the RMS rider document?
     
     Honestly I think it is a good document. I appreciate this type of openness a lot. As an autistic person myself I wish more people came with an instruction manual like this.
     
     A lot of people have specific needs but they won't tell you what their needs are so then you host them and they will complain.

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     ロミンちゃん (romin@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:10:15 JST ロミンちゃん

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     @kaia ganoo coreutils are just an insignificant part of the leenucks operating system, freetardation is contagious be careful
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:10:15 JST iced depresso

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     @romin @kaia it was a bigger deal in the early days.
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     kaia (kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:10:17 JST kaia

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     > The other widespread confusion is the idea of a "Linux operating system". The system in question, the system that Debian and Red Hat distribute, the system that tens of millions of people use, is basically the GNU operating system, with Linux added as the kernel. When people call the whole system "Linux", they deny us the credit for our work, and this is not right.
     
     desire to use GNU-free distro increased
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:11:50 JST iced depresso

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     @SuperDicq @kaia i kinda disagree with him about the 'free software' marketing autism. that phrasing is horrible and doesn't actually land with the public for what he wanted it to mean.
     
     the FSFs core argument is basically abusing copyright as a weapon against enclosure and they completely bungle the job of selling that concept.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:23:07 JST iced depresso

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     • SuperDicq
     @SuperDicq @kaia the epstein thing is because he went on at his usual autistic length about minsky's alleged epstein ties (which weren't very strongly supported afaik)
     
     though where a normal person would have stopped at "i don't think my coworker did anything wrong and he's not alive to defend himself" RMS kept going on a rant about age of consent etc
     
     that particular incident was his own unforced error
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Aug-2026 17:23:08 JST SuperDicq

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     • iced depresso

     @icedquinn@blob.cat @kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com They are also up against billion dollar companies using propaganda to discredit him and his work. From "open source" to "Linux" (without the GNU) to calling copyleft "viral", it is all big corpo propaganda designed to make the free software movement less successful. Including painting him as an Epstein sympathizer for some reason.
     
     Yet the FSF still persists in spite of everything. And I don't think they are doing a bad job at all.