Summary: ZDNet, The Verge and Ars Technica perpetuate defamatory characterisations of what happened 18 months ago

THE body of this article ought not contain links to the libel (those are already listed and rebutted in Daily Links) but instead highlight old rebuttals [1, 2].

"...the 'cancel mob' resumes, still repurposing and reusing lies, sometimes backed and funded by Microsoft and Bill Gates."As one can expect, following the restoration of an RMS role at the FSF the 'cancel mob' resumes, still repurposing and reusing lies, sometimes backed and funded by Microsoft and Bill Gates. The haters of RMS are interestingly enough working for proprietary software companies that profit from human rights violations.

The video above contains my spontaneous thoughts on all this (no notes taken; I could go on for an hour listing more cases of hypocrisy, lying, and likely cover-up). It's important that if we value facts we should at least stick to facts, not lies perpetuated by those who stand to profit from attacking software freedom. It's OK not to like RMS, but at least make sure it is based on facts, not distortions. ⬆