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This conversation started in the introduce yourself thread. I've debated whether it is worth continuing or not. Either way it should probably be outside that thread.
Such as? This is the problem I had with the RMS/LibrePlanet articles.They don't give details on the problem. I can't tell if it is true and no one can refute it if it isn't. In the case of corporations (or even people), they can be both good and bad at the same time. They can support open source and advocate for software patents or whatever. I'm not saying Microsoft is a friend to Linux or open source. I think they have reluctantly come to accept that Linux is here to stay.
Unless the accusations against RMS have to do with Nazis or the Holocaust, why are you bringing in IBM's past? I suppose if they are a big sponsor of LibrePlanet but that seems like a stretch. Various companies and governments have done bad things in the past. Has the USA ever apologized for Von Braun not being locked up?
http://techrights.org/2019/06/23/bill-gates-and-his-jihad/ has similar problems. At the end of the article, he includes a link to an article about Bill Gates employing someone arrested for pedophilia. What does that have to do with Linus adopting a Code of Conduct for the Linux kernel? For that matter what does that have to do with Bill Gates? There is no suggestion that Bill Gates knew or is protecting the guy. The link should not have been added to that article. In my opinion the fact that an employee of Bill Gates is a criminal shouldn't even been an article unless it is about that guy as it doesn't tell you anything about Bill Gates.
freemedia2018 {l Wrote}:How do you suggest encouraging a company to change, which bought off the DOJ and continues to lobby against user rights in as many countries as it can?
Such as? This is the problem I had with the RMS/LibrePlanet articles.They don't give details on the problem. I can't tell if it is true and no one can refute it if it isn't. In the case of corporations (or even people), they can be both good and bad at the same time. They can support open source and advocate for software patents or whatever. I'm not saying Microsoft is a friend to Linux or open source. I think they have reluctantly come to accept that Linux is here to stay.
freemedia2018 {l Wrote}:The real problem is that the accusations against RMS were largely unsubstantiated, and exaggerated to try to stifle his participation in an event created by his own organisation. Meanwhile, Red Hat has a code of conduct, but its owners still won't apologise for their active role in the Holocaust (While Bayer apologised, IBM has not.) I don't think double standards can get much worse than that, the world is pretty much upside down at this point.
Unless the accusations against RMS have to do with Nazis or the Holocaust, why are you bringing in IBM's past? I suppose if they are a big sponsor of LibrePlanet but that seems like a stretch. Various companies and governments have done bad things in the past. Has the USA ever apologized for Von Braun not being locked up?
http://techrights.org/2019/06/23/bill-gates-and-his-jihad/ has similar problems. At the end of the article, he includes a link to an article about Bill Gates employing someone arrested for pedophilia. What does that have to do with Linus adopting a Code of Conduct for the Linux kernel? For that matter what does that have to do with Bill Gates? There is no suggestion that Bill Gates knew or is protecting the guy. The link should not have been added to that article. In my opinion the fact that an employee of Bill Gates is a criminal shouldn't even been an article unless it is about that guy as it doesn't tell you anything about Bill Gates.