To help eliminate gossip and innuendo, we’ve updated the About page with a brief, fact-based summary of how FSFE ran off the rails. We hope … How did FSFE go astray?Read more
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The Daniel Baumann experiment
Editor’s note: dissemination of adverse material about volunteers was pioneered by former leader Chris Lamb on 20 September 2018 and sustained by his successfor Sam … The Daniel Baumann experimentRead more
Handling attacks on volunteers and their families
Over the years, volunteers have done a lot to promote and contribute to free and open source software and the organizations/communities in this space. The … Handling attacks on volunteers and their familiesRead more
Debian’s cover-up of harassment, abuse and exploitation
Sunday, March 8 is International Women’s Day. The challenges that women face in their professional lives are one of the core themes of the day. … Debian’s cover-up of harassment, abuse and exploitationRead more
Tennis Australia’s celebration of Margaret Court, sends out a message to FSF
In 2020, Tennis Australia presented a special trophy to Margaret Court, one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Court claimed all four major … Tennis Australia’s celebration of Margaret Court, sends out a message to FSFRead more
FSF coup!
Some people try to tell me that the criticism I’ve got, inside the FSF and outside, since the Free Software Sept 11, was not about … FSF coup!Read more
Google’s influence over the free software community
: a culture of threats, sanctions and bullying People have been asking victims about this on a daily basis, leaving little choice but to write … Google’s influence over the free software communityRead more
Stallman’s interview over Microsoft visit
Interview Shortly after The Register learned that Richard Stallman, founder and then president of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the GNU Project, had … Stallman’s interview over Microsoft visitRead more
In the Absence of Richard Stallman OEM Source Software (‘Open Source’) is Trying to Hijack Even Emacs
In 1983 an unknown (at the time) person began the Free software movement — a movement by which to free users from the software chaining … In the Absence of Richard Stallman OEM Source Software (‘Open Source’) is Trying to Hijack Even EmacsRead more
Techies Should Not Dictate the Free Software Movement
In 1983 Richard Stallman, a great thinker and technologist of our time, began the Free software movement. Its purpose was to produce software that respected … Techies Should Not Dictate the Free Software MovementRead more