stallman return tor project mozilla rust

“All the other bigotries of the majority were wrong, but this time, we got it right! Bigotry will finally cure bigotry! Just watch, you’ll see!” What’s fascinating is that each generation convinces themselves that they have progressed past this most human trait, and they insist that this time, and only this time, their bigotry is noble and exists to serve a greater social good. We moral panic to help cement our place in our respective social groups, and we have an almost obsessive need to have a group of “others” with whom to blame society’s problems on. Satanic Daycares, communists, atheists, witches, racists, transphobes, Catholics, Protestants. A cursory look through history reveals this to be the norm. I guess to be fair we have to acknowledge that it’s just humans being humans. Once extremism takes hold, there is no limit to how far it will go, until the entire community implodes. In addition, many Red Hat contributors have told us they no longer plan to participate in FSF-led or backed events, and we stand behind them,' said Red Hat. 'We are immediately suspending all Red Hat funding of the FSF and any FSF-hosted events. At a moment in time where diversity and inclusion awareness is growing, this is a step backwards.' Describing itself as 'appalled' at the return of Stallman to the FSF board of directors 'considering the circumstances of Richard Stallman's original resignation in 2019,' Red Hat said it decided to act.

Stallman announced he had returned to the FSF's Board of Directors last weekend - news that has not gone down well with all in the community and Red Hat is the latest to register its dismay.ĬTO Chris Wright tweeted overnight: 'I am really outraged by FSF's decision to reinstate RMS.

Nickwinlund77 shares a report from The Register: The chorus of disapproval over Richard M Stallman, founder and former president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), rejoining the organization has intensified as Linux giant Red Hat confirmed it was pulling funding.

Stallman return tor project mozilla rust