Notices by Michael Potter (mpotter@social.coop)

@carmenbianca At this point, Stallman should probably step down for the good of the community. The controversy is harming the FSF's reputation, and they do have key roles in the community, such as litigating GPL violations.

The GNU Public License is ingenious in how it protects software from Capitalistic encroachment, and I'm sure proprietary vendors would be only too happy if people were put off from using GPL offerings.

@AnarchoNinaWrites Nope. Divide and conquer is the primary weapon of our ruling class. Any amount of conflict helps them, civil war probably excites them. The one thing they fear is if we all realize we're on the same side against the aristocracy. So if you see a MAGA hat, smile and wish them a nice afternoon. Don't try to hug them, that might be pushing it.

@csstrowbridge I'm not saying that bigoted speech is okay, it's not, and I despise it. I'm saying we're caught up in a sport-team kind of rivalry designed to mess with our emotions so we won't use our brains.

@LambdaCalculus I'd be the "hapless techno-weenie" from Hackers. When I discovered Linux, I was a corporate drone grumbling about the severe failings of Windows NT 4 server.

I watched as the free software movement pushed juggernauts like Microsoft back into their corner and restored balance to the market. It was enlightened self-interest in action.

Now, our juggernauts are AWS, etc, and we really need viable free alternatives for both clouds and corporations.