Just as much as RMS was right[1], ESR was right[2]. The "cancel culture" is harming the free software movement by practicing human version of Microsoft's EEE[3]. The cancel culture enters the community, establishes interests groups, and starts knocking down prominent contributors. The demands are backed by angry crowds on social media rather than by contributions.
It's time for us to defend each other, and to hold contributions above outraged crowd's size.
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[1] "Stallman was right", countless comments here on HN, on LWN, and all over the internet
It's time for us to defend each other, and to hold contributions above outraged crowd's size.
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[1] "Stallman was right", countless comments here on HN, on LWN, and all over the internet
[2] "Why Hackers Must Eject the SJWs", http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6918
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...