Bruce Perens on the Recent Attacks on Richard Stallman and GNU

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2009-12-20 10:35:23 UTC
Modified: 2009-12-20 10:56:53 UTC

Summary: Bruce Perens weighs in on what seems like a mountain that grew out of a molehill

LWN.net has this new article about the hostility towards GNU in GNOME [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. The discussion there is interesting. Bruce Perens posts the first comment, stating: "Isn't this just about Lefty's anti-RMS jihad?"

The comments then refer quite a lot to his personal attacks on yours truly, later leading Perens to writing:

I ran into Lefty at a community summit out here a while back, and his emotional state was really high. He explained his beef with RMS with a cry in his voice, I kid you not. When I was less than sympathetic, he practically ran out of the room in tears.

Now, I am no stranger to getting emotional about things. But I've learned that it doesn't generally help me win the argument.

He really needs to focus on ACCESS, which, IMO, is a sinking ship. RMS isn't the big problem in front of him.

Richard Stallman was never the real problem and this can hopefully be resolved without unnecessary attacks on character/figure. Sticking to the issues alone we can all form a discussion that focuses on the real rivalry which the free/open source world is facing. ACCESS can help a lot in the advancement of Linux, which in turn helps GNU. ⬆

GNU and Linux are stronger when put together

Comments

Umberto

2009-12-22 01:22:35

It is time for the Gnome Foundation to ask ACCESS, Inc. to remove David “Lefty” Schlesinger aka 'stonemirror' from his seat on the Gnome Advisory board. Now ACCESS does spend $10,000 per year to keep Schlesinger on that board to literally purchase Trolling rights for the GF elist. Surely, Stormy Peters can grow a pair and ask ACCESS for a sane and reasonable representative? If this continues, Lefty will only continue to harm Gnome.
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2009-12-29 10:12:46

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