10:47 a.m.
Hello,
as an aside, the following lucid analysis echoes some of my sentiments;
quotes below:
https://wptavern.com/free-software-community-condemns-richard-stallmans-r...
The same author also wrote a friendly article about our initiative in 2019:
https://wptavern.com/gnu-project-maintainers-move-to-oust-richard-stallma...
Am Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 06:37:08PM +0100 schrieb Andreas Enge:
So Richard reappearing on the board of directors
makes it look as if this has been the ploy from the beginning, sitting out
the scandal and then sneakily moving back to the status before.
Cf. "His return came as a shock to the free software community, though some
suspect he never really left."
So more than astonished, I was actually shocked that the FSF was
doing what
appeared to be shovelling its own grave. Before, I feared for GNU and
thought the FSF might be a force moving towards the future with us; now I
am worried for both.
Cf. "By allowing Stallman to resume his position, the FSF squandered the
opportunity it had to redefine itself following his resignation in 2019.
The organization missed the chance to carve out a new future that would be
free from his damaging influence. If the board doesn’t act in the best
interests of the greater community, by remedying its lack of transparency
and accountability, it may permanently resign the organization to
irrelevance."
Andreas