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The Stallman report (stallman-report.org)
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[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 11 points 1 month ago

An anonymous hit job that reads like it was written by Ehmke. We should give this any credence because…?

[-] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 20 points 1 month ago

It looks pretty well cited to me. The fact that it was written anonymously doesn't really take away from that.

[-] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

It really kind of does. If the author is so ashamed of the work that they won’t sign it, that speaks volumes.

[-] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ummm or the authors are concerned about retribution because stallman and the FSF are very powerful in the FOSS community, and I think it's reasonably likely that they would be sued (seemingly with poor grounds) or harassed online for publishing it.

[-] Whom@beehaw.org 15 points 1 month ago

This would only really make sense if they were trying to throw around the weight of the authors, which they clearly are not. Who makes these points is irrelevant when it's simply highlighting rms' own words and linking to them directly. Why should I care who wrote it?

[-] myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You can say that speaks volumes about the character of the author (though you are the one assigning said "shame"). You were asking why this report deserves credence. The points raised in the report have citations such that you can decide where you fall on the presented issues.

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