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Summary: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has made a smart move; it has formulated a set of rules, a set of carefully-worded guidelines, for people who represent and speak for the FSF

THE past couple of years have been turbulent at the FSF. Many left, a few joined, and the FSF lost a lot of funding, based on IRS filings that are publicly available. We mentioned the underlying financial figures earlier this month.

Planning is important and building a cohesive community of administrators isn't easy because people can defect (switch sides) and even choose to burn down a past/current employer. So the concept of trust is very important and conflicts should be identified upfront. The Linux Foundation is one massive conflict of interest because it's governed by people who don't understand Linux, don't use Linux, and don't care about Linux. Some of them are employed by (i.e. 100% of their salary comes from) companies that actively attack Linux, the licence of Linux (GPL), and are eager to humiliate the founder of Linux.

"Planning is important and building a cohesive community of administrators isn't easy because people can defect (switch sides) and even choose to burn down a past/current employer."The FSF managed to recover from a real crisis, egged on by misleading social control media mobs and corporate media.

A couple of hours ago a "Board Member Agreement" was announced by the FSF, with an early mention by Phoronix (any additional coverage will later be added to this page). Will it improve matters? I've chosen to do a video on the subject as it's a lot easier. Some of this is a tad sensitive because it contains loaded and potentially divisive terms such as "diversity". ⬆