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Amid Epstein Controversy, Richard Stallman is Forced to Resign as FSF President
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_**Richard Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, has resigned as the president and from its board of directors. The announcement has come after a relentless campaign by a few activists and media person to remove Stallman for his views on the Epstein victims. Read more to get the details.**_
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### A little background to the Stallman controversy
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[Richard Stallman][2], a 66 years old computer scientist at [MIT][3], is best known for founding the [free software movement][4] in 1983. He also developed several software like GCC, Emacs under the GNU project. The free software movement inspired a number of projects to choose the open source GPL license. Linux is one of those projects.
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[Jeffrey Epstein][5] was a billionaire American financier. He was convicted as a sex offender for running an escort service (included underage girls) for the rich and elites in his social service. He committed suicide in his prison cell while still being tried for sex trafficking charges.
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[Marvin Lee Minsky][6] was an eminent computer scientist at MIT. He founded the Artificial Intelligence lab at MIT. He died at the age of 88 in 2016. After his death, an Epstein victim named Misky as one of the people she was “directed to have sex” with on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island while she was a minor.
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So what all this has to do with Richard Stallman? It all started with an email Stallman sent to MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) mailing list over proposed protest by MIT students and affiliates regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s donation (to MIT’s AI lab).
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The announcement of the Friday event does an injustice to Marvin Minsky:
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“deceased AI ‘pioneer’ Marvin Minsky (who is accused of assaulting
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one of Epstein’s victims [2])”
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The injustice is in the word “assaulting”. The term “sexual assault” is so vague and slippery that it facilitates accusation inflation: taking claims that someone did X and leading people to think of it as Y, which is much worse than X.
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The accusation quoted is a clear example of inflation. The reference reports the claim that Minsky had sex with one of Epstein’s harem. (See <https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/9/20798900/marvin-minsky-jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking-island-court-records-unsealed>.)
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Let’s presume that was true (I see no reason to disbelieve it).
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The word “assaulting” presumes that he applied force or violence, in some unspecified way, but the article itself says no such thing.
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Only that they had sex.
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We can imagine many scenarios, but the most plausible scenario is that she presented herself to him as entirely willing. Assuming she was being coerced by Epstein, he would have had every reason to tell her to conceal that from most of his associates.
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I’ve concluded from various examples of accusation inflation that it is absolutely wrong to use the term “sexual assault” in an accusation.
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Whatever conduct you want to criticize, you should describe it with a specific term that avoids moral vagueness about the nature of the criticism.
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### The call for removing Stallman
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‘Epstein’ is an extremely controversial ‘topic’ in the USA. Stallman’s reckless ‘intellectual discourse’ on a sensitive matter like this would not have gone well and it didn’t go well.
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A robotics engineer received this forwarded email from her friend and started a [campaign to remove Stallman][7]. She didn’t want a clarification or apology. All she wanted was to remove Stallman even if it means ‘burning MIT to the ground’.
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> At least Richard Stallman is not accused of raping anyone. But is that our highest standard? The standard that this prestigious institution holds itself to? If this is what MIT wants to defend; if this is what MIT wants to stand for, then, yes, burn it to the ground…
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> …Remove everyone, if we must, and let something much better be built from the ashes.
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> Salem, Robotics student who started Remove Stallman campaign
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Salem’s rant was initially ignored by mainstream digital media. But it was picked by activists who fight against meritocracy and gender bias in the software industry.
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> [#epstein][8] [#MIT][9] Hi I'm angry and reporters didn't respond to me so i wrote this story myself. its such a fun time to be an mit alumn right now🙃 <https://t.co/D4V5L5NzPA>
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> — SZJG (@selamjie) [September 12, 2019][10]
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> are we done with "brilliant jerks" defending child sexual exploitation with "maybe it was consensual" <https://t.co/gSYPJ3WOfp>
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> — Tracy Chou 👩🏻💻 (@triketora) [September 13, 2019][11]
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> I've tweeted for many years about how awful Richard "RMS" Stallman is – the pedophilia, the ableism, the misogyny.
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> Inevitably, each time I do, dudes examine my receipts & then say "all those incidents are from years ago! he's changed now!"
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> NOPE. <https://t.co/ti2SrlKObp>
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> — Sarah Mei (@sarahmei) [September 12, 2019][12]
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A Twitter thread by Sage Sharp on how Stallman’s behavior negatively impact people in tech:
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> 👇Thread about the impact of Richard Stallman on marginalized groups in tech, especially women. [CW: rape, incest, ableism, sex trafficking]
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> The [@fsf][13] needs to permanently remove Richard Stallman from being President and Chair of the Free Software Foundation Board of Directors.
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> — Sage Sharp (@_sagesharp_) [September 16, 2019][14]
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It’s not that Stallman is a saint. His crude, insensitive and sexist jokes have been doing the rounds for years. You can read about it [here][15] and [here][16].
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Soon the news was picked by the big media houses like [The Vice][17], [The Daily Beast][18], [Futurism][19] etc. They painted Stallman as a defender of Jeffrey Epstein. Amidst the outcry, [executive director of GNOME threatened to end the relationship between GNOME and FSF][20].
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Eventually, Stallman resigned first from MIT and now [from Free Software Foundation][21].
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### A dangerous precedence?
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All it took five days of activism to remove a person from an organization he created and worked for more than thirty years. And this is when Stallman wasn’t even remotely involved in the sex trafficking scandal.
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Some of these ‘activists’ have also targeted [Linux creator Linus Torvalds in the past][23]. The management behind the Linux Foundation foresaw the growing trend of activism in the tech industry and hence they put up a [code of conduct for Linux kernel development][24] in place and forced [Torvalds to undergo training to improve his behavior][25]. If they had not taken the corrective step, probably Torvalds would have been a goner by now.
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Ignoring reckless and sexist behavior of tech stalwarts is not acceptable but neither is the mob mentality of lynching anyone who disagrees with a certain popular view. I don’t agree with Stallman and his past remarks but I am also not happy that he has been (forced to?) resign in this manner.
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Techrights has some interesting take on it that you can read [here][26] and [here][27].
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_**What do you think of the entire episode? Please share your views and opinion but in a civilized manner. Abusive comments will not be published. Arguments and discussion must be civil.**_
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[1]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/stallman-conroversy.png?ssl=1
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[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
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[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_movement
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[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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[6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky
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[7]: https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-fec6ec210794
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[8]: https://twitter.com/hashtag/epstein?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[9]: https://twitter.com/hashtag/MIT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[10]: https://twitter.com/selamjie/status/1172244207978897408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[11]: https://twitter.com/triketora/status/1172443389536555009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[12]: https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/1172283772428906496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[13]: https://twitter.com/fsf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[14]: https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1173637138413318144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[15]: https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
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[16]: https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-appendix-a-a7e41e784f88
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[17]: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing
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[18]: https://www.thedailybeast.com/famed-mit-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-defends-epstein-victims-were-entirely-willing
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[19]: https://futurism.com/richard-stallman-epstein-scandal
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[20]: https://blog.halon.org.uk/2019/09/gnome-foundation-relationship-gnu-fsf/
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[21]: https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns
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[22]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/richard-stallman.png?resize=800%2C94&ssl=1
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[23]: https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-abusive-e-mails-the-creator-of-linux-steps-aside
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[24]: https://itsfoss.com/linux-code-of-conduct/
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[25]: https://itsfoss.com/torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/
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[26]: http://techrights.org/2019/09/15/media-attention-has-been-shifted/
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[27]: http://techrights.org/2019/09/16/stallman-removed/
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Richard Stallman 被迫辞去 FSF 主席的职务
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_**Richard Stallman，自由软件基金会的创建者以及主席，已经辞去他的职务，开始寻求下一任主席。此前，因为 Stallman 对于爱泼斯坦事件中的受害者的观点，一小撮活动家以及媒体人发起了清除 Stallman 的运动。这份声明就是在这些活动后发生的。阅读全文以获得更多信息。**_
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### Stallman 事件的背景概述
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如果您不知道这次事件发生的前因后果，请看本段的详细信息。
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[Richard Stallman][2]，66岁，是就职于 [MIT][3] 的计算机科学家。他最著名的成就就是在 1983 年发起了[自由软件运动][4]。他也开发了 GNU 项目旗下的部分软件，比如 GCC 和 Emacs。受自由软件运动影响选择使用 GPL 开源协议的项目不计其数。Linux 是其中最出名的项目之一。
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[Jeffrey Epstein][5]，美国亿万富翁，金融大佬。其涉嫌为社会上流精英提供性交易服务（其中有未成年少女）而被指控成为性犯罪者。在受审期间，爱泼斯坦在监狱中自杀身亡。
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[Marvin Lee Minsky][6]，MIT 知名计算机科学家。他在 MIT 建立了人工智能实验室。2016 年，88 岁的 Minsky 逝世。在 Minsky 逝世后，一位名为 Misky 的爱泼斯坦事件受害者生成其在未成年时曾被“诱导”到爱泼斯坦的私人岛屿，与之发生性关系。
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但是这些与 Richard Stallman 有什么关系？这要从 Stallman 发给 MIT 计算机科学与人工智能实验室(CSAIL) 的学生以及附属机构就爱泼斯坦的捐款提出抗议的邮件列表的邮件说起。邮件全文翻译如下：
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> 周五事件的公告对 Marvin Minsky 来说是不公正的。
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> “已故的人工智能 ’先锋‘ Marvin Minsky （被控告侵害了爱泼斯坦事件的受害者之一[2]）”
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> 不公正之处在于 “侵害(assulting)” 这个用语。“性侵犯(sexual assault)” 这个用语非常的糢糊，夸大了指控的严重性：宣称某人做了 X 但误导别人，让别人觉得这个人做了 Y，Y 远远比 X 严重。
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> 上面引用的指控显然就是夸大。报导声称 Minksy 与爱泼斯坦的女眷之一发生了性关系(详见 <https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/9/20798900/marvin-minsky-jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking-island-court-records-unsealed>)。我们假设这是真的（我找不到理由不相信）。
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> “侵害(assulting)” 这个词，意味着他使用了某种暴力。但那篇报道并没有提到这个，只说了他们发生了性关系。
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> 我们可以想像很多种情况，但最合理的情况是，她在 Marvin 面前表现的像是完全自愿的。假设她是被爱泼斯坦强迫的，那爱泼斯坦有充足的理由让她对大多数人守口如瓶。
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> 从各种的指控夸大事例中，我总结出，在指控时使用“性侵犯(sexual assault)”是绝对错误的。
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> 无论你想要批判什么行为，你都应该使用特定的词汇来描述，以此避免批判本身天然的道德上的模糊性。
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### “清除 Stallman” 的呼吁
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‘爱泼斯坦’在美国是颇具争议的话题。Stallman 对该敏感事件做出如此鲁莽的 “知识陈述” 不会有好结果，事实也是如此。
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一位机器人学工程师从她的朋友那里收到了转发的邮件并发起了一个[清除 Stallman 的活动][7]。她要的不是澄清或者道歉，她只想要清除斯托曼，就算这意味着 “将 MIT 夷为平地” 也在所不惜。
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> 是，至少 Stallman 没有的确被控强奸任何人。但这就是我们的最高标准吗？这所声望极高的学院坚持的标准就是这样的吗？ 如果这是麻省理工学院想要捍卫的、想要代表的标准的话，还不如把这破学校夷为平地…
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> 如果有必要的话，就把所有人都清除出去，之后从废墟中建立出更好的秩序。
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Salem 的大字报最初没有被主流媒体重视。但它还是被反对软件行业内精英崇拜以及性别偏见的积极分子发现了。
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> [#epstein][8] [#MIT][9] 嗨 记者没有回复我我很生气就自己写了这么个故事。 作为 MIT 的校友我还真是高兴啊🙃 <https://t.co/D4V5L5NzPA>
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> 是不是对于性侵儿童的 “杰出混蛋” 我们也可以辩护说 “万一这是你情我愿的” <https://t.co/gSYPJ3WOfp>
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> 多年来我就一直发推说 Richard "RMS" Stallman 这人有多恶心 —— 恋童癖、厌女症、还残障歧视
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> 不可避免的是，每次我这样做，都会有老哥检查我的数据来源，然后说 “这都是几年前的事了！他现在变了！”
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> 变个屁。 <https://t.co/ti2SrlKObp>
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下面是 Sage Sharp 开头的一篇关于 Stallman 的行为如何对科技人员产生负面影响的帖子：
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> 👇大家说下 Richard Stallman 对科技从业者的影响吧，尤其是女性。 [例如: 强奸，乱伦，残障歧视，性交易]
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> [@fsf][13] 有必要永久禁止 Richard Stallman 担任自由软件基金会董事会主席。
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Stallman 一直以来也不是一个圣人。 他粗暴，不合时宜、带有性别歧视的笑话多年来一直在进行。你可以在[这里][15]和[这里][16]读到。
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很快这个消息就被 [The Vice][17]，[每日野兽][18]，[未来主义][19]等大媒体采访。他们把 Stallman 描绘成爱泼斯坦的捍卫者。在强烈的抗议声中，[GNOME 执行董事威胁要结束 GNOME 和 FSF 之间的关系][20]。
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最后，Stallman 先是从 MIT 辞职，现在又从 [自由软件基金会][21] 辞职。
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### 危险的特权？
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我们见识到了，把一个人从他创建并为之工作了三十多年的组织中驱逐出去仅仅需要五天。这甚至还是在 Stallman 没有参与性交易丑闻的情况下。
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其中一些 “活动家” 过去也曾[针对 Linux 的作者 Linus Torvalds][23]。 Linux 基金会背后的管理层预见到了科技行业激进主义的增长趋势，因此他们制定了[适用于 Linux 内核开发的行为准则][24]并[强制 Torvalds 接受培训以改善他的行为][25]。 如果他们没有采取纠正措施，可能 Torvalds 也已经被批倒批臭了。
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忽视技术支持者的鲁莽行为和性别歧视是不可接受的，但是对于那些遇到不同意某种流行观点的人就贴大字报，施以私刑也是不道德的做法。我不支持 Stallman 和他过去的言论，但我也不能接受他以这种方式（被迫？）辞职。
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Techrights 对此有一些有趣的评论，你可以在 [这里][26] 和 [这里][27] 看到。
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作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/stallman-conroversy.png?ssl=1
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[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
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[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_movement
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[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
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[6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky
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[7]: https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-fec6ec210794
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[8]: https://twitter.com/hashtag/epstein?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[9]: https://twitter.com/hashtag/MIT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[10]: https://twitter.com/selamjie/status/1172244207978897408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[11]: https://twitter.com/triketora/status/1172443389536555009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[12]: https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/1172283772428906496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[13]: https://twitter.com/fsf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[14]: https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1173637138413318144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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[15]: https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
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[16]: https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-appendix-a-a7e41e784f88
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[17]: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing
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[18]: https://www.thedailybeast.com/famed-mit-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-defends-epstein-victims-were-entirely-willing
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[19]: https://futurism.com/richard-stallman-epstein-scandal
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[20]: https://blog.halon.org.uk/2019/09/gnome-foundation-relationship-gnu-fsf/
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[21]: https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns
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[22]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/richard-stallman.png?resize=800%2C94&ssl=1
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[23]: https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-abusive-e-mails-the-creator-of-linux-steps-aside
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[24]: https://itsfoss.com/linux-code-of-conduct/
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[25]: https://itsfoss.com/torvalds-takes-a-break-from-linux/
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[26]: http://techrights.org/2019/09/15/media-attention-has-been-shifted/
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[27]: http://techrights.org/2019/09/16/stallman-removed/
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