To the FSF:
Remove Stallman. Replace the FSF board. Make the Free Software movement and culture safe for women to participate.
To Everyone:
Stop harboring assholes and start shouting down "reply guys". Make it clear to women that "Yes. You belong here" - not just with words but with actions. Take safety seriously. If you can't be kind to you fellow humans, then no amount of software will benefit the world, no matter its license.
@freemo :
Beware of
Savonarola's vermin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXmh6Slkg_4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3w5tgiMmNk&t=163s
Please make sure that fanatics like
@baldengineer
@48kRAM
may have their say,
but never get to shout down and cancel anyone based on absurd accusations
on this site.
@freemo,
THANKS for the clarification in what sense qoto.org is a safe space.
I found it necessary to ask for
—and get—
your idea what constitutes sense of moderation in such matters as
@baldengineer @48kRAM
🇳🇱
To be fair I am no dictator. I expressed my views of stallman, and it wasnt meant to represent QOTO's view. We create our rules as a community.
That said, I do think my opinion on stallman, specifically the whole "I need some evidence to judge someone" is fairly in line with the attitude we have here.
@tatzelbrumm @baldengineer @48kRAM
Stallman has, at least from what I've seen, been the right amount of considerate and dismissive. He doesnt play into the games, but he seems to acknowledge the valid ethical concerns.
That said, its also possible he did something really shitty and I just missed it. So if there is a specific example of something shitty he did that warrants this sort of response I will happily review it and consider it to see if it changes my opinion (probably should have been part of this post to be honest).
But yea until someone actually provides some valid justification for this sort of reaction I hear this sort of stuff and I will just double down my support for stallman as a victim of a mob with pitchforks.