* Moving Forward @ 2019-09-22 22:20 Matt Ivie 2019-09-23 23:39 ` A. Mani 2019-09-24 6:33 ` Moving Forward Félicien Pillot 0 siblings, 2 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Matt Ivie @ 2019-09-22 22:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: libreplanet-discuss Hello There has been a lot of damage done in the last week or so and it is clear that not everyone in the community feels the same way about everything going on. I want to voice my support for RMS, for the FSF and for the Free Software Community. This is not the first attack to ever take place on a community or the figurehead of a movement. I think we all know that other important social movements have had their share of media-driven scandal. What is most important here is how we move forward. What RMS said is being misquoted and misstated everywhere around the web. Those that were already overly critical of him just went supernova. This situation has made it hard to keep perspective of what's going on. There are some things in this situation that are not totally clear to me: 1) Is RMS still going to have any kind of interaction with the FSF? 2) I am unclear as to the motivation for his resignation. I'd like to know if he voluntarily resigned or if he was urged or forced to "voluntarily" resign? 2a) Did RMS, or the FSF board have him resign to do some damage control and create distance between himself and the FSF or did he resign due to demand of the board and others within the FSF because they wanted him gone, as has been theorized? Having a clear understanding of these motivations can be helpful in trying to sort out where we need to go next. This movement must continue. We need to have Free Software, not Open Source software. We need GNU/Linux, not "Linux". We need these things not just for the practical and obvious applications of the things themselves but also for the ideology they carry. We have to quit fighting over this. What's done is done. If you care about Free Software then let's show support to the FSF and work together as a community, and RMS is still a part of this community. I want to mention that I did attend LibrePlanet this year, for the first time. I loved it and I met so many amazing people. It was a very inviting atmosphere and everyone there was very respectful and friendly. Everyone at the FSF were great as well. I found the entire experience to be very positive. This community has really great people in it. Thank you Matt Ivie _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-22 22:20 Moving Forward Matt Ivie @ 2019-09-23 23:39 ` A. Mani 2019-09-24 0:06 ` Aaron Wolf 2019-09-24 6:33 ` Moving Forward Félicien Pillot 1 sibling, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: A. Mani @ 2019-09-23 23:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Matt Ivie; +Cc: Libreplanet-discuss On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 6:11 PM Matt Ivie <m0dese7en@mykolab.com> wrote: > This is not the first attack to ever take place on a community or the > figurehead of a movement. I think we all know that other important > social movements have had their share of media-driven scandal. What is > most important here is how we move forward. +1 > What RMS said is being misquoted and misstated everywhere around the > web. Those that were already overly critical of him just went > supernova. This situation has made it hard to keep perspective of > what's going on. The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger problem is the number of reports on RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even within the free software community before -- at most people invoked various disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's response to a question was "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. FSF will do well to highlight its commitment to gender equality and feminist practices. > > There are some things in this situation that are not totally clear to > me: > > 1) Is RMS still going to have any kind of interaction with the FSF? Should FSF impose conditions on those who are associated with them? > 2) I am unclear as to the motivation for his resignation. I'd like to > know if he voluntarily resigned or if he was urged or forced to > "voluntarily" resign? > Apparently it is voluntary. It is really a good thing. The image of FSF would have been severely tarnished otherwise. Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-23 23:39 ` A. Mani @ 2019-09-24 0:06 ` Aaron Wolf 2019-09-24 0:35 ` A. Mani 0 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Aaron Wolf @ 2019-09-24 0:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: A. Mani, Matt Ivie; +Cc: Libreplanet-discuss On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 6:11 PM Matt Ivie <m0dese7en@mykolab.com> wrote: >> This is not the first attack to ever take place on a community or the >> figurehead of a movement. I think we all know that other important >> social movements have had their share of media-driven scandal. What is >> most important here is how we move forward. > > +1 > >> What RMS said is being misquoted and misstated everywhere around the >> web. Those that were already overly critical of him just went >> supernova. This situation has made it hard to keep perspective of >> what's going on. > > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger problem > is the number of reports on > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even within > the free software community before -- at most people invoked various > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's response to > a question was > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. > Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're describing is more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist society. Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty parsimonious explanation for RMS' behavior. The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems inaccurate to me from all I've seen of his stated views. That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. RMS may indeed disagree with several aspects of various schools of feminism, but that's quite tangential to the FSF, with the exception that it's indeed a liability to have a leader who expresses controversial opinions on unrelated topics, even if that's done separately. > FSF will do well to highlight its commitment to gender equality and > feminist practices. > Sure, I support that completely. To make this appropriate, however, it should emphasize the ways in which software freedom align. Non-free software is one tool that the patriarchal power structures use to maintain their power and the status quo. We can and should talk about how real software freedom needs to focus on getting the freedoms as downstream as possible so that they aren't the privilege of trained tech/hacker/programmers (a group that happens to be male dominated). >> >> There are some things in this situation that are not totally clear to >> me: >> >> 1) Is RMS still going to have any kind of interaction with the FSF? > > Should FSF impose conditions on those who are associated with them? > >> 2) I am unclear as to the motivation for his resignation. I'd like to >> know if he voluntarily resigned or if he was urged or forced to >> "voluntarily" resign? >> > > Apparently it is voluntary. It is really a good thing. > The image of FSF would have been severely tarnished otherwise. > > > > Best > > A Mani > > Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani > CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE > Senior Member, International Rough Set Society > Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in > Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A > sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 0:06 ` Aaron Wolf @ 2019-09-24 0:35 ` A. Mani 2019-09-24 2:09 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 21:35 ` “I don't answer questions from women” Dmitry Alexandrov 0 siblings, 2 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: A. Mani @ 2019-09-24 0:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Aaron Wolf; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <wolftune@riseup.net> wrote: > > On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > > > > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger problem > > is the number of reports on > > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have > > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even within > > the free software community before -- at most people invoked various > > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's response to > > a question was > > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." > > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's > > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. > > > > Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're describing is > more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly > male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist society. > Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty parsimonious > explanation for RMS' behavior. > OK > The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems inaccurate > to me from all I've seen of his stated views. > Sexism leads to dismissal of feminist viewpoints > That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable > assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never > encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at > pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. That talk was terribly bad: https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 "Oh he was called out on it, for decades. There are many blog posts and mailing list threads calling him out on this particular incident and all the others. He never gave a shit about any of it, neither did his followers or the @fsf or the orgs inviting him to speak." Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 0:35 ` A. Mani @ 2019-09-24 2:09 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 2:27 ` Thomas Lord 2019-09-24 21:35 ` “I don't answer questions from women” Dmitry Alexandrov 1 sibling, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 2:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: A. Mani; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3348 bytes --] On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:36 PM A. Mani <a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <wolftune@riseup.net> wrote: > > > > On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > > > > > > > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger problem > > > is the number of reports on > > > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have > > > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even within > > > the free software community before -- at most people invoked various > > > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's response to > > > a question was > > > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." > > > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's > > > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. > > > > > > > Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're describing is > > more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly > > male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist society. > > Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty parsimonious > > explanation for RMS' behavior. > > > > OK > Yes, and a freedom movement -- a movement that seeks to empower people -- ought to be held to a higher standard. What is the point of building a better world that carefully maintains all of the sexism of mainstream (proprietary) software communities? The FSF is incorporated as a charity with a mission that definitely does not include "upholding or exceeding mainstream tech's sexism." > > > The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems inaccurate > > to me from all I've seen of his stated views. > > > > Sexism leads to dismissal of feminist viewpoints > +1 > > > > That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable > > assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never > > encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at > > pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. > > That talk was terribly bad: > https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 > > "Oh he was called out on it, for decades. There are many blog posts > and mailing list threads calling him out on this particular incident > and all the others. He never gave a shit about any of it, neither did > his followers or the @fsf or the orgs inviting him to speak." > > Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. > Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff merely brought to light what has been happening within the free software movement for years. We can't reasonably expect people to believe we are building a better, freer world without a strong commitment to an inclusive movement and that means we can't keep enabling and encouraging sexist behavior. Best, Deb Best > > A Mani > > Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani > CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE > Senior Member, International Rough Set Society > Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in > Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A > sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 4038 bytes --] On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:36 PM A. Mani <[1]a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <[2]wolftune@riseup.net> wrote: > > On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > > > > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger problem > > is the number of reports on > > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have > > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even within > > the free software community before -- at most people invoked various > > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's response to > > a question was > > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." > > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's > > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. > > > > Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're describing is > more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly > male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist society. > Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty parsimonious > explanation for RMS' behavior. > OK Yes, and a freedom movement -- a movement that seeks to empower people -- ought to be held to a higher standard. What is the point of building a better world that carefully maintains all of the sexism of mainstream (proprietary) software communities? The FSF is incorporated as a charity with a mission that definitely does not include "upholding or exceeding mainstream tech's sexism." > The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems inaccurate > to me from all I've seen of his stated views. > Sexism leads to dismissal of feminist viewpoints +1 > That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable > assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never > encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at > pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. That talk was terribly bad: [3]https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 "Oh he was called out on it, for decades. There are many blog posts and mailing list threads calling him out on this particular incident and all the others. He never gave a shit about any of it, neither did his followers or the @fsf or the orgs inviting him to speak." Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff merely brought to light what has been happening within the free software movement for years. We can't reasonably expect people to believe we are building a better, freer world without a strong commitment to an inclusive movement and that means we can't keep enabling and encouraging sexist behavior. Best, Deb Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: [4]http://www.logicamani.in Blog: [5]https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: [6]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A [7]sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [8]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [9]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus s References 1. mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com 2. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net 3. https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 4. http://www.logicamani.in/ 5. https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ 6. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A 7. mailto:sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net 8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 9. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 2:09 ` Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 2:27 ` Thomas Lord 2019-09-24 13:13 ` Deb Nicholson 0 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Thomas Lord @ 2019-09-24 2:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Deb Nicholson Cc: Aaron Wolf, Matt Ivie, libreplanet-discuss, Libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 4400 bytes --] > Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff When people launch a press campaign to lie about you and defame you on the basis of a libel, that is not your "gaff". No reasonable person could have published any of the widely read attacks. They are intellectually and socially dishonest, objectively, and to the core. -t On 2019-09-23 19:09, Deb Nicholson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:36 PM A. Mani <[1]a.mani.cms@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <[2]wolftune@riseup.net> > wrote: >> >> On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: >> > >> > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger > problem >> > is the number of reports on >> > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have >> > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even > within >> > the free software community before -- at most people invoked > various >> > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's > response to >> > a question was >> > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." >> > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in > RMS's >> > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. >> > >> >> Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're > describing is >> more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly >> male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist > society. >> Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty > parsimonious >> explanation for RMS' behavior. >> > OK > > Yes, and a freedom movement -- a movement that seeks to empower people > -- ought to be held to a higher standard. What is the point of building > a better world that carefully maintains all of the sexism of mainstream > (proprietary) software communities? The FSF is incorporated as a > charity with a mission that definitely does not include "upholding or > exceeding mainstream tech's sexism." > >> The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems > inaccurate >> to me from all I've seen of his stated views. >> > Sexism leads to dismissal of feminist viewpoints > > +1 > >> That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable >> assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never >> encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking > it at >> pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. > That talk was terribly bad: > [3]https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 > "Oh he was called out on it, for decades. There are many blog posts > and mailing list threads calling him out on this particular incident > and all the others. He never gave a shit about any of it, neither > did > his followers or the @fsf or the orgs inviting him to speak." > Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. > > Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff > merely brought to light what has been happening within the free > software movement for years. We can't reasonably expect people to > believe we are building a better, freer world without a strong > commitment to an inclusive movement and that means we can't keep > enabling and encouraging sexist behavior. > Best, > Deb > > Best > A Mani > Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani > CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE > Senior Member, International Rough Set Society > Homepage: [4]http://www.logicamani.in > Blog: [5]https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > Research Gate: [6]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A > [7]sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [8]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > [9]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus > s > > References > > 1. mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com > 2. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net > 3. https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 > 4. http://www.logicamani.in/ > 5. https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > 6. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A > 7. mailto:sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net > 8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > 9. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 5967 bytes --] > Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff When people launch a press campaign to lie about you and defame you on the basis of a libel, that is not your "gaff". No reasonable person could have published any of the widely read attacks. They are intellectually and socially dishonest, objectively, and to the core. -t On 2019-09-23 19:09, Deb Nicholson wrote: On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:36 PM A. Mani <[1][1]a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <[2][2]wolftune@riseup.net> wrote: > > On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > > > > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger problem > > is the number of reports on > > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have > > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even within > > the free software community before -- at most people invoked various > > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's response to > > a question was > > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." > > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's > > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. > > > > Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're describing is > more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly > male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist society. > Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty parsimonious > explanation for RMS' behavior. > OK Yes, and a freedom movement -- a movement that seeks to empower people -- ought to be held to a higher standard. What is the point of building a better world that carefully maintains all of the sexism of mainstream (proprietary) software communities? The FSF is incorporated as a charity with a mission that definitely does not include "upholding or exceeding mainstream tech's sexism." > The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems inaccurate > to me from all I've seen of his stated views. > Sexism leads to dismissal of feminist viewpoints +1 > That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable > assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never > encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at > pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. That talk was terribly bad: [3][3]https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 "Oh he was called out on it, for decades. There are many blog posts and mailing list threads calling him out on this particular incident and all the others. He never gave a shit about any of it, neither did his followers or the @fsf or the orgs inviting him to speak." Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff merely brought to light what has been happening within the free software movement for years. We can't reasonably expect people to believe we are building a better, freer world without a strong commitment to an inclusive movement and that means we can't keep enabling and encouraging sexist behavior. Best, Deb Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: [4][4]http://www.logicamani.in Blog: [5][5]https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: [6][6]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A [7]sip:[7]girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [8][8]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [9][9]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-d iscus s References 1. mailto:[10]a.mani.cms@gmail.com 2. mailto:[11]wolftune@riseup.net 3. [12]https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 4. [13]http://www.logicamani.in/ 5. [14]https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ 6. [15]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A 7. mailto:sip:[16]girlprofessor@ekiga.net 8. mailto:[17]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 9. [18]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [19]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [20]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss References 1. mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com 2. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net 3. https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 4. http://www.logicamani.in/ 5. https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ 6. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A 7. mailto:girlprofessor@ekiga.net 8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 9. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus 10. mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com 11. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net 12. https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 13. http://www.logicamani.in/ 14. https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ 15. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A 16. mailto:girlprofessor@ekiga.net 17. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 18. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss 19. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 20. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 2:27 ` Thomas Lord @ 2019-09-24 13:13 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 14:46 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 13:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Thomas Lord Cc: Aaron Wolf, Matt Ivie, libreplanet-discuss, Libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 6441 bytes --] On Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 10:28 PM Thomas Lord <lord@basiscraft.com> wrote: > > Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff > > When people launch a press campaign to lie about you and defame you on the > basis of a libel, that is not your "gaff". > The "gaff" is jumping into the Epstein conversation without understanding the context at all. The entire MIT community had been discussing the way women are treated as second class citizens because men of like Epstein -- for weeks. Women have been sharing stories of important networking parties that they weren't invited to because only underage girls were invited. They've been talking about who gets invited to what meetings and who gets promoted at MIT and how that drives the focus of the work the. Jumping in to say, "Maybe one of those men who slept with an underage girl didn't know she was being trafficked" was an extreme case of not reading the room. So yeah, that's a "gaff." It also brought to the center of the conversation, many of the other times that women have been belittled, written off or subjected to harassment here in free software. The article in Vice was badly done. But every article in Vice is badly done. That isn't a conspiracy, it's just crappy journalism from an outlet well-known for crappy journalism. The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women who have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by sexist behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be heard. I offer this perspective in the spirit of helping the free software community move forward. If we get stuck on the Vice article (seriously, no one trusts Vice) without addressing any of the legitimate issues, then we won't be able to move forward. Best, Deb No reasonable person could have published any of the widely read attacks. > They are intellectually and socially dishonest, objectively, and to the > core. > > -t > > > > > > On 2019-09-23 19:09, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:36 PM A. Mani <[1]a.mani.cms@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <[2]wolftune@riseup.net> > wrote: > > > > On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > > > > > > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger > problem > > > is the number of reports on > > > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have > > > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even > within > > > the free software community before -- at most people invoked > various > > > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's > response to > > > a question was > > > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." > > > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in > RMS's > > > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. > > > > > > > Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're > describing is > > more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly > > male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist > society. > > Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty > parsimonious > > explanation for RMS' behavior. > > > OK > > Yes, and a freedom movement -- a movement that seeks to empower people > -- ought to be held to a higher standard. What is the point of building > a better world that carefully maintains all of the sexism of mainstream > (proprietary) software communities? The FSF is incorporated as a > charity with a mission that definitely does not include "upholding or > exceeding mainstream tech's sexism." > > > The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems > inaccurate > > to me from all I've seen of his stated views. > > > Sexism leads to dismissal of feminist viewpoints > > +1 > > > That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable > > assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never > > encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking > it at > > pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. > That talk was terribly bad: > [3]https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 > "Oh he was called out on it, for decades. There are many blog posts > and mailing list threads calling him out on this particular incident > and all the others. He never gave a shit about any of it, neither > did > his followers or the @fsf or the orgs inviting him to speak." > Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. > > Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff > merely brought to light what has been happening within the free > software movement for years. We can't reasonably expect people to > believe we are building a better, freer world without a strong > commitment to an inclusive movement and that means we can't keep > enabling and encouraging sexist behavior. > Best, > Deb > > Best > A Mani > Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani > CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE > Senior Member, International Rough Set Society > Homepage: [4]http://www.logicamani.in > Blog: [5]https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > Research Gate: [6]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A > [7]sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [8]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > [9]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus > s > > References > > 1. mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com > 2. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net > 3. https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 > 4. http://www.logicamani.in/ > 5. https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > 6. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A > 7. mailto:sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net > 8. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > 9. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 7703 bytes --] On Mon, Sep 23, 2019, 10:28 PM Thomas Lord <[1]lord@basiscraft.com> wrote: > Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff When people launch a press campaign to lie about you and defame you on the basis of a libel, that is not your "gaff". The "gaff" is jumping into the Epstein conversation without understanding the context at all. The entire MIT community had been discussing the way women are treated as second class citizens because men of like Epstein -- for weeks. Women have been sharing stories of important networking parties that they weren't invited to because only underage girls were invited. They've been talking about who gets invited to what meetings and who gets promoted at MIT and how that drives the focus of the work the. Jumping in to say, "Maybe one of those men who slept with an underage girl didn't know she was being trafficked" was an extreme case of not reading the room. So yeah, that's a "gaff." It also brought to the center of the conversation, many of the other times that women have been belittled, written off or subjected to harassment here in free software. The article in Vice was badly done. But every article in Vice is badly done. That isn't a conspiracy, it's just crappy journalism from an outlet well-known for crappy journalism. The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women who have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by sexist behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be heard. I offer this perspective in the spirit of helping the free software community move forward. If we get stuck on the Vice article (seriously, no one trusts Vice) without addressing any of the legitimate issues, then we won't be able to move forward. Best, Deb No reasonable person could have published any of the widely read attacks. They are intellectually and socially dishonest, objectively, and to the core. -t On 2019-09-23 19:09, Deb Nicholson wrote: On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:36 PM A. Mani <[1][2]a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <[2][3]wolftune@riseup.net> wrote: > > On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > > > > The misinterpretation part is hardly the problem. The bigger problem > > is the number of reports on > > RMS's misogyny, anti-feminist position and doings that have > > accumulated over time. These were not so well-known before even within > > the free software community before -- at most people invoked various > > disorders to explain RMS's behavior. In one keynote, RMS's response to > > a question was > > "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." > > Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's > > blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. > > > > Apologies for language pickiness, but I think what you're describing is > more like sexism than misogyny. RMS is a product of a particularly > male-dominated sexist tech culture within an overall sexist society. > Combine that with social awkwardness, and that's a pretty parsimonious > explanation for RMS' behavior. > OK Yes, and a freedom movement -- a movement that seeks to empower people -- ought to be held to a higher standard. What is the point of building a better world that carefully maintains all of the sexism of mainstream (proprietary) software communities? The FSF is incorporated as a charity with a mission that definitely does not include "upholding or exceeding mainstream tech's sexism." > The claim that he holds overall anti-feminist positions seems inaccurate > to me from all I've seen of his stated views. > Sexism leads to dismissal of feminist viewpoints +1 > That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable > assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never > encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at > pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. That talk was terribly bad: [3][4]https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 "Oh he was called out on it, for decades. There are many blog posts and mailing list threads calling him out on this particular incident and all the others. He never gave a shit about any of it, neither did his followers or the @fsf or the orgs inviting him to speak." Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. Thank you for raising this. The recent (admittedly misreported) gaff merely brought to light what has been happening within the free software movement for years. We can't reasonably expect people to believe we are building a better, freer world without a strong commitment to an inclusive movement and that means we can't keep enabling and encouraging sexist behavior. Best, Deb Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: [4][5]http://www.logicamani.in Blog: [5][6]https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: [6][7]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A [7]sip:[8]girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [8][9]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [9][10]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet- discus s References 1. mailto:[11]a.mani.cms@gmail.com 2. mailto:[12]wolftune@riseup.net 3. [13]https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 4. [14]http://www.logicamani.in/ 5. [15]https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ 6. [16]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A 7. mailto:[17]sip:[18]girlprofessor@ekiga.net 8. mailto:[19]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 9. [20]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [21]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [22]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss References 1. mailto:lord@basiscraft.com 2. mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com 3. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net 4. https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 5. http://www.logicamani.in/ 6. https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ 7. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A 8. mailto:girlprofessor@ekiga.net 9. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 10. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus 11. mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com 12. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net 13. https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 14. http://www.logicamani.in/ 15. https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ 16. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A 17. mailto:sip 18. mailto:girlprofessor@ekiga.net 19. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 20. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss 21. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 22. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 13:13 ` Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 14:46 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss 2019-09-24 15:55 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 14:50 ` Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana 2019-09-24 15:30 ` Adrienne G. Thompson 2 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: 'smee via libreplanet-discuss @ 2019-09-24 14:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Deb Nicholson, Thomas Lord Cc: libreplanet-discuss, Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf Quote from you: "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women who have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by sexist behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be heard." Please give examples giving details of how these people were 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were rebuffed? Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA work? Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be in the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions from anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, call out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project they were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a peaceful solution to these type of situations. Why attack the FSF and RMS? Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of recently against women. Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She is trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the world again for being his accomplice. Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, everyone including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to all the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those pieces of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and MAXWELL should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually resolved. @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist on your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women > who > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > sexist > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be > heard. _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 14:46 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss @ 2019-09-24 15:55 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 16:03 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss 0 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 15:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'smee Cc: libreplanet-discuss, Thomas Lord, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf, Matt Ivie [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2582 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <overthefalls@opengroupware.ch> wrote: > Quote from you: > "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women > who > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by sexist > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be > heard." > > > Please give examples giving details of how these people were > 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were > rebuffed? > > Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA work? > Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? > > I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be in > the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions from > anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of > contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. > And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, call > out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project they > were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a > peaceful solution to these type of situations. > > Why attack the FSF and RMS? > I have not attacked the FSF. > > Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his > associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of recently > against women. > > Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is > likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, > seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She is > trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the world > again for being his accomplice. > > Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, everyone > including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to all > the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm > starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those pieces > of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and MAXWELL > should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually resolved. > > @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist on > your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women > > who > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > sexist > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be > > heard. > [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 2830 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <[1]overthefalls@opengroupware.ch> wrote: Quote from you: "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women who have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by sexist behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be heard." Please give examples giving details of how these people were 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were rebuffed? Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA work? Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be in the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions from anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, call out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project they were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a peaceful solution to these type of situations. Why attack the FSF and RMS? I have not attacked the FSF. Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of recently against women. Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She is trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the world again for being his accomplice. Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, everyone including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to all the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those pieces of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and MAXWELL should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually resolved. @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist on your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women > who > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > sexist > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be > heard. References 1. mailto:overthefalls@opengroupware.ch [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 15:55 ` Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 16:03 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss 2019-09-24 16:14 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 18:42 ` MARY-ANNE WOLF 0 siblings, 2 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: 'smee via libreplanet-discuss @ 2019-09-24 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Deb Nicholson Cc: libreplanet-discuss, Thomas Lord, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf, Matt Ivie Please answer my other questions if you insist there are real people who have had a bad experience with a particular project because of their sex or sexual orientation. Specifics shouldn't be hard to come up with given the strength of your assertion. Please give specifics. Or address any one of my other points instead of setting up a strawman and knocking it down. On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 11:55 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <overthefalls@opengroupware.ch > > wrote: > > Quote from you: > > "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > women > > who > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > sexist > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* > > be > > heard." > > > > > > Please give examples giving details of how these people were > > 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were > > rebuffed? > > > > Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA > > work? > > Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? > > > > I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be > > in > > the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions > > from > > anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of > > contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. > > And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, > > call > > out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project > > they > > were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a > > peaceful solution to these type of situations. > > > > Why attack the FSF and RMS? > > I have not attacked the FSF. > > > Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his > > associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of > > recently > > against women. > > > > Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is > > likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, > > seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She > > is > > trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the > > world > > again for being his accomplice. > > > > Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, > > everyone > > including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to > > all > > the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm > > starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those > > pieces > > of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and > > MAXWELL > > should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually > > resolved. > > > > @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist > > on > > your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > women > > > who > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > sexist > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > > *finally* be > > > heard. > > _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 16:03 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss @ 2019-09-24 16:14 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 16:24 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss 2019-09-24 18:42 ` MARY-ANNE WOLF 1 sibling, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'smee Cc: libreplanet-discuss, Thomas Lord, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf, Matt Ivie [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 4196 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:03 PM 'smee <overthefalls@opengroupware.ch> wrote: > Please answer my other questions if you insist there are real people > who have had a bad experience with a particular project because of > their sex or sexual orientation. Specifics shouldn't be hard to come up > with given the strength of your assertion. Please give specifics. Or > address any one of my other points instead of setting up a strawman and > knocking it down. > We've been talking about this topic for a week and many, many links have been provided. But once again, here are some links to specifics. https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-appendix-a-a7e41e784f88 https://mjg59.livejournal.com/113408.html Because of the antagonistic nature of this thread, I will not add the dozens of experiences that have been related to me personally. I'm also not interested in discussing the specifics of each of these events with you. If a mountain of evidence hasn't convinced you that a pattern of behavior exists, then there's nothing I could say to change your mind and I have more important things to do today. Best, Deb > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 11:55 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <overthefalls@opengroupware.ch > > > wrote: > > > Quote from you: > > > "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > > women > > > who > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > sexist > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* > > > be > > > heard." > > > > > > > > > Please give examples giving details of how these people were > > > 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were > > > rebuffed? > > > > > > Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA > > > work? > > > Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? > > > > > > I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be > > > in > > > the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions > > > from > > > anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of > > > contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. > > > And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, > > > call > > > out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project > > > they > > > were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a > > > peaceful solution to these type of situations. > > > > > > Why attack the FSF and RMS? > > > > I have not attacked the FSF. > > > > > Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his > > > associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of > > > recently > > > against women. > > > > > > Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is > > > likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, > > > seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She > > > is > > > trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the > > > world > > > again for being his accomplice. > > > > > > Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, > > > everyone > > > including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to > > > all > > > the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm > > > starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those > > > pieces > > > of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and > > > MAXWELL > > > should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually > > > resolved. > > > > > > @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist > > > on > > > your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > > women > > > > who > > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > > sexist > > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > > > *finally* be > > > > heard. > > > > [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 4891 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:03 PM 'smee <[1]overthefalls@opengroupware.ch> wrote: Please answer my other questions if you insist there are real people who have had a bad experience with a particular project because of their sex or sexual orientation. Specifics shouldn't be hard to come up with given the strength of your assertion. Please give specifics. Or address any one of my other points instead of setting up a strawman and knocking it down. We've been talking about this topic for a week and many, many links have been provided. But once again, here are some links to specifics. [2]https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman [3]https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-appendix-a-a7e41 e784f88 [4]https://mjg59.livejournal.com/113408.html Because of the antagonistic nature of this thread, I will not add the dozens of experiences that have been related to me personally. I'm also not interested in discussing the specifics of each of these events with you. If a mountain of evidence hasn't convinced you that a pattern of behavior exists, then there's nothing I could say to change your mind and I have more important things to do today. Best, Deb On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 11:55 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <[5]overthefalls@opengroupware.ch > > wrote: > > Quote from you: > > "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > women > > who > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > sexist > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* > > be > > heard." > > > > > > Please give examples giving details of how these people were > > 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were > > rebuffed? > > > > Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA > > work? > > Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? > > > > I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be > > in > > the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions > > from > > anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of > > contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. > > And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, > > call > > out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project > > they > > were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a > > peaceful solution to these type of situations. > > > > Why attack the FSF and RMS? > > I have not attacked the FSF. > > > Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his > > associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of > > recently > > against women. > > > > Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is > > likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, > > seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She > > is > > trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the > > world > > again for being his accomplice. > > > > Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, > > everyone > > including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to > > all > > the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm > > starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those > > pieces > > of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and > > MAXWELL > > should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually > > resolved. > > > > @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist > > on > > your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > women > > > who > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > sexist > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > > *finally* be > > > heard. > > References 1. mailto:overthefalls@opengroupware.ch 2. https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman 3. https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-appendix-a-a7e41e784f88 4. https://mjg59.livejournal.com/113408.html 5. mailto:overthefalls@opengroupware.ch [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 16:14 ` Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 16:24 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss 0 siblings, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: 'smee via libreplanet-discuss @ 2019-09-24 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Libreplanet-discuss I also have better things to do than continue a discussion which you have decided to vacate. I considered your points and requested reasonable proof, which I've seen no mention of aside from your email. I'll assume, based on your response, that the links you provided (since you are vacating the conversation) would not suffice to support what I understand is your claim. On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 12:14 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:03 PM 'smee <overthefalls@opengroupware.ch > > wrote: > > Please answer my other questions if you insist there are real > > people > > who have had a bad experience with a particular project because of > > their sex or sexual orientation. Specifics shouldn't be hard to > > come up > > with given the strength of your assertion. Please give specifics. > > Or > > address any one of my other points instead of setting up a strawman > > and > > knocking it down. > > We've been talking about this topic for a week and many, many links > have been provided. But once again, here are some links to specifics. > > https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman > https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-appendix-a-a7e41e > 784f88 > https://mjg59.livejournal.com/113408.html > > Because of the antagonistic nature of this thread, I will not add the > dozens of experiences that have been related to me personally. I'm > also not interested in discussing the specifics of each of these > events with you. If a mountain of evidence hasn't convinced you that > a pattern of behavior exists, then there's nothing I could say to > change your mind and I have more important things to do today. > > Best, > Deb > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 11:55 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <overthefalls@opengroupwar > > e.ch > > > > wrote: > > > > Quote from you: > > > > "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from > > real > > > > women > > > > who > > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > > sexist > > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > > *finally* > > > > be > > > > heard." > > > > > > > > > > > > Please give examples giving details of how these people were > > > > 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were > > > > rebuffed? > > > > > > > > Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA > > > > work? > > > > Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? > > > > > > > > I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to > > be > > > > in > > > > the free software movement) would be happy to have > > contributions > > > > from > > > > anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex > > of > > > > contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular > > sex. > > > > And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the > > code, > > > > call > > > > out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project > > > > they > > > > were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it > > gives a > > > > peaceful solution to these type of situations. > > > > > > > > Why attack the FSF and RMS? > > > > > > I have not attacked the FSF. > > > > > > > Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his > > > > associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of > > > > recently > > > > against women. > > > > > > > > Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that > > he is > > > > likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free > > and, > > > > seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. > > She > > > > is > > > > trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the > > > > world > > > > again for being his accomplice. > > > > > > > > Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, > > > > everyone > > > > including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes > > to > > > > all > > > > the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. > > I'm > > > > starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those > > > > pieces > > > > of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and > > > > MAXWELL > > > > should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually > > > > resolved. > > > > > > > > @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you > > insist > > > > on > > > > your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from > > real > > > > women > > > > > who > > > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed > > by > > > > > sexist > > > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > > > > *finally* be > > > > > heard. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 16:03 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss 2019-09-24 16:14 ` Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 18:42 ` MARY-ANNE WOLF 1 sibling, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: MARY-ANNE WOLF @ 2019-09-24 18:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: smee, smee via libreplanet-discuss, Deb Nicholson Cc: libreplanet-discuss, Thomas Lord, Aaron Wolf, Matt Ivie I have no way to confirm the accuracy of the accusations, or any missing context, but here are some sources of specifics in random order https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/EMACS_virgins_joke https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3087673 https://fossforce.com/2019/09/yesterdays-man-the-fall-of-richard-stallman/ https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/994356331749429248 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/8yqj6/stallman_continues_to_embarrass_us_all/ Mary-Anne > On September 24, 2019 at 12:03 PM 'smee via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote: > > > Please answer my other questions if you insist there are real people > who have had a bad experience with a particular project because of > their sex or sexual orientation. Specifics shouldn't be hard to come up > with given the strength of your assertion. Please give specifics. Or > address any one of my other points instead of setting up a strawman and > knocking it down. > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 11:55 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM 'smee <overthefalls@opengroupware.ch > > > wrote: > > > Quote from you: > > > "The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > > women > > > who > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > sexist > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* > > > be > > > heard." > > > > > > > > > Please give examples giving details of how these people were > > > 'rebuffed'. What exactly were they trying to do when they were > > > rebuffed? > > > > > > Serious question. Were they submitting code? Were they doing QA > > > work? > > > Which project rebuffed them and what was the reason given? > > > > > > I think most projects (especially those conscientious enough to be > > > in > > > the free software movement) would be happy to have contributions > > > from > > > anyone and don't go out of their way to even find out the sex of > > > contributors, much less 'rebuff' them for being a particular sex. > > > And, the funny thing is, these contributors could fork the code, > > > call > > > out the sexism, and basically take over the code of any project > > > they > > > were interested in. Anyone in free software knows this, it gives a > > > peaceful solution to these type of situations. > > > > > > Why attack the FSF and RMS? > > > > I have not attacked the FSF. > > > > > Epstein is the horrible piece of trash (as well as all of his > > > associates) that committed the worst atrocities we've heard of > > > recently > > > against women. > > > > > > Let's not take attention away from that fact or the fact that he is > > > likely still alive, and that Ghislaine Maxwell is still free and, > > > seemingly won't ever be charged or even approached about this. She > > > is > > > trash and shouldn't be allowed to show her face anywhere in the > > > world > > > again for being his accomplice. > > > > > > Let's keep the spotlight where it belongs (epstein, maxwell, > > > everyone > > > including judges and politicians who helped him) when it comes to > > > all > > > the things you're accusing RMS of. Those are the real animals. I'm > > > starting to think this whole thing is a distraction from those > > > pieces > > > of garbage. What do you think people? Don't forget EPSTEIN and > > > MAXWELL > > > should continue to be the focus until that thing is actually > > > resolved. > > > > > > @ Deb Nicholson, I have a number of questions above, if you insist > > > on > > > your assertion, then provide what I've requested please. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 09:13 -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real > > > women > > > > who > > > > have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > > > > sexist > > > > behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > > > *finally* be > > > > heard. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 13:13 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 14:46 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss @ 2019-09-24 14:50 ` Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana 2019-09-24 16:01 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 15:30 ` Adrienne G. Thompson 2 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana @ 2019-09-24 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: libreplanet-discuss Hi Deb, On 24/09/2019 10:13, Deb Nicholson wrote: > It also brought to the center of the conversation, many of the other > times that women have been belittled, written off or subjected to > harassment here in free software. I have read a lot of people celebrating Stallman resignation. My feeling is the "Epstein-Minsky-MIT" debate was, as we say in portuguese "a gota d'água" (something like "last drop of water in the bucket"). And a lot of people from free software community decided not deal with this kind of behavior anymore. Am I right? Best regards, -- Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls) Curitiba - Brasil Debian Developer Diretor do Instituto para Conservação de Tecnologias Livres Site: http://www.phls.com.br GNU/Linux user: 228719 GPG ID: 0443C450 _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 14:50 ` Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana @ 2019-09-24 16:01 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-25 11:59 ` D. Joe Anderson 0 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana; +Cc: Libre Planet, World [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1483 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:08 AM Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana < paulo@phls.com.br> wrote: > Hi Deb, > > On 24/09/2019 10:13, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > > It also brought to the center of the conversation, many of the other > > times that women have been belittled, written off or subjected to > > harassment here in free software. > > I have read a lot of people celebrating Stallman resignation. > > My feeling is the "Epstein-Minsky-MIT" debate was, as we say in > portuguese "a gota d'água" (something like "last drop of water in the > bucket"). And a lot of people from free software community decided not > deal with this kind of behavior anymore. > > Am I right? > That's definitely what I think is happening. It's confusing that the poorly written piece basically went viral, but there's been a pattern of problematic behavior. You (and others) may find this piece interesting, https://medium.com/@thomas.bushnell/a-reflection-on-the-departure-of-rms-18e6a835fd84 Best, Deb > > Best regards, > > -- > Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls) > Curitiba - Brasil > Debian Developer > Diretor do Instituto para Conservação de Tecnologias Livres > Site: http://www.phls.com.br > GNU/Linux user: 228719 GPG ID: 0443C450 > > > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 1840 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:08 AM Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <[1]paulo@phls.com.br> wrote: Hi Deb, On 24/09/2019 10:13, Deb Nicholson wrote: > It also brought to the center of the conversation, many of the other > times that women have been belittled, written off or subjected to > harassment here in free software. I have read a lot of people celebrating Stallman resignation. My feeling is the "Epstein-Minsky-MIT" debate was, as we say in portuguese "a gota d'água" (something like "last drop of water in the bucket"). And a lot of people from free software community decided not deal with this kind of behavior anymore. Am I right? That's definitely what I think is happening. It's confusing that the poorly written piece basically went viral, but there's been a pattern of problematic behavior. You (and others) may find this piece interesting, [2]https://medium.com/@thomas.bushnell/a-reflection-on-the-departure-of -rms-18e6a835fd84 Best, Deb Best regards, -- Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana (phls) Curitiba - Brasil Debian Developer Diretor do Instituto para Conservação de Tecnologias Livres Site: [3]http://www.phls.com.br GNU/Linux user: 228719 GPG ID: 0443C450 _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [4]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [5]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus s References 1. mailto:paulo@phls.com.br 2. https://medium.com/@thomas.bushnell/a-reflection-on-the-departure-of-rms-18e6a835fd84 3. http://www.phls.com.br/ 4. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 5. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 16:01 ` Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-25 11:59 ` D. Joe Anderson 0 siblings, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: D. Joe Anderson @ 2019-09-25 11:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana, Deb Nicholson; +Cc: Libre Planet, World On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:01:42PM -0400, Deb Nicholson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:08 AM Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <paulo@phls.com.br> wrote: > > Hi Deb, > On 24/09/2019 10:13, Deb Nicholson wrote: > > It also brought to the center of the conversation, many of the other > > times that women have been belittled, written off or subjected to > > harassment here in free software. > I have read a lot of people celebrating Stallman resignation. > My feeling is the "Epstein-Minsky-MIT" debate was, as we say in > portuguese "a gota d'água" (something like "last drop of water in the > bucket"). And a lot of people from free software community decided not > deal with this kind of behavior anymore. > Am I right? > > That's definitely what I think is happening. I think so too. Some common ways of describing this sort of thing in English that come to mind are "watershed moment," "tipping point," and one I've encountered several times about this situation already "the straw that broke the camel's back" often just "the last straw". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point thinking back to my high school science classes, I often think of these sorts of moments as a "phase change" too. also ... > It's confusing that the poorly written piece basically went viral, but there's been a pattern > of problematic behavior. You (and others) may find this piece > interesting, > https://medium.com/@thomas.bushnell/a-reflection-on-the-departure-of-rms-18e6a835fd84 Yes, I did find that a better take than so much of the poorly-done reporting. Thanks for bringing it to these discussions As for articles, another I've found unstinting even while maintaining some sympathy, has been https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallman-and-the-fall-of-the-clueless-nerd/ Levy establishes his bona fides early in the piece, for those unfamiliar with his work and with his connection to hacker history. For those who *are* more familiar with his work, but haven't seen this link yet http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/programming-forgetting-new-hacker-ethic/ please consider it. It's been making the rounds beyond the confines of this mailing list. It's one of the things I've found it helpful in improving and broadening my own understanding of the ethical challenges we face with regard to inclusion in the free software movement. There are, as has been noted, many other resources out there for those with a good-faith interest in understanding better what has brought us to this point and how we might (as the Subject: indicates!) move forward in a way that makes the quest for "user freedom" include all users. _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 13:13 ` Deb Nicholson 2019-09-24 14:46 ` 'smee via libreplanet-discuss 2019-09-24 14:50 ` Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana @ 2019-09-24 15:30 ` Adrienne G. Thompson 2 siblings, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Adrienne G. Thompson @ 2019-09-24 15:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Deb Nicholson Cc: libreplanet-discuss, Thomas Lord, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf, Matt Ivie [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1633 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 9:11 AM Deb Nicholson <deb@eximiousproductions.com> wrote: > The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women > who have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by > sexist behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might > *finally* be heard. > I must tell you that I wrote GNU C-Graph at rms' suggestion. I had just written the solutions to an entire book in C followed by my software package "NAILS" in Lisp. RMS saw my passion for electrical engineering, computer science and my complete immersion in writing code to represent concepts in artificial intelligence and engineering mathematics. He has always treated me as an equal. Hackers are inseparable from their humour. It is part of the hacker mindset that makes us tick. RMS is no more sexist that any other man I know - especially in engineering and computer science where sexism abounds. I call out sexism when I see it's necessary. The notion that rms is a misogynist, as claimed by others, is false. How can one person's desire to write code be rebuffed by another's behaviour, sexist or otherwise? Time will show that it was a much, much more than a major "gaffe" by the FSF to call for his resignation based on a lie. There is a price to be paid for this mercenary attack on Free Software and its architect - purportedly executed in the name of "diversity". Adrienne -- Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN! GNU C-Graph - http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph Code Art Now - http://codeartnow.com Abertheid Campaign - http://www.abertheid.info Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GNUcgraph [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 1894 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 9:11 AM Deb Nicholson <[1]deb@eximiousproductions.com> wrote: The outrage (and demand for new leadership) is coming from real women who have tried to participate in free software and been rebuffed by sexist behavior who felt that perhaps at this moment they might *finally* be heard. I must tell you that I wrote GNU C-Graph at rms' suggestion. I had just written the solutions to an entire book in C followed by my software package "NAILS" in Lisp. RMS saw my passion for electrical engineering, computer science and my complete immersion in writing code to represent concepts in artificial intelligence and engineering mathematics. He has always treated me as an equal. Hackers are inseparable from their humour. It is part of the hacker mindset that makes us tick. RMS is no more sexist that any other man I know - especially in engineering and computer science where sexism abounds. I call out sexism when I see it's necessary. The notion that rms is a misogynist, as claimed by others, is false. How can one person's desire to write code be rebuffed by another's behaviour, sexist or otherwise? Time will show that it was a much, much more than a major "gaffe" by the FSF to call for his resignation based on a lie. There is a price to be paid for this mercenary attack on Free Software and its architect - purportedly executed in the name of "diversity". Adrienne -- Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN! GNU C-Graph - [2]http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph Code Art Now - [3]http://codeartnow.com Abertheid Campaign - [4]http://www.abertheid.info Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GNUcgraph References 1. mailto:deb@eximiousproductions.com 2. http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph 3. http://codeartnow.com/ 4. http://www.abertheid.info/ [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: “I don't answer questions from women” 2019-09-24 0:35 ` A. Mani 2019-09-24 2:09 ` Deb Nicholson @ 2019-09-24 21:35 ` Dmitry Alexandrov 2019-09-25 3:58 ` A. Mani 1 sibling, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Dmitry Alexandrov @ 2019-09-24 21:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: A. Mani; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2269 bytes --] "A. Mani" <a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <wolftune@riseup.net> wrote: >> On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: >>> In one keynote, RMS's response to a question was "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." Furthermore there are ill-informed statements on feminism in RMS's blog -- they mean RMS is still a slave of the patriarchy. >> >> That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. > > That talk was terribly bad: https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 Given how she contrived to paraphrase the ‘Holy Virgin of Emacs’ jest two messages below [0]: “This was about five minutes before he declared that it was the sacred duty of all male fans of emacs in the audience to take the virginity of women. On stage during the keynote” I would not take seriously even a word of that woman. She seems to be of that kind who listens to a human, but hears voices in her head. What are your reasons to believe her? (For those who unfamiliar with St. Ignucius sketch, the relevant part before feminists compel Dr. Stallman to censor himself might read as: “And we also have the cult of the virgin of Emacs. The virgin of Emacs is any female who has not yet learned how to use Emacs. And in the church of Emacs we believe that taking her Emacs virginity away is a blessed act” [1]. Feel the difference.) > Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. Hmm... Maybe it is not stated there, elsewhere and anywhere besides a microblog of some RMS-hater [2] because this is just another piece of libel? [0] https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174044476022636546 [1] https://youtu.be/25ejlP0uWeI [2] “Finally, FINALLY, people put enough pressure for the @fsf to get rid of Richard Stallman. It would have been awesome if all the decades of him being the absolute worst would have been reason enough to get rid of him before, but hey, at least it happened in my lifetime.” — https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174030740037754882 [-- Attachment #1.2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 487 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: “I don't answer questions from women” 2019-09-24 21:35 ` “I don't answer questions from women” Dmitry Alexandrov @ 2019-09-25 3:58 ` A. Mani 2019-09-25 4:31 ` Aaron Wolf ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: A. Mani @ 2019-09-25 3:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dmitry Alexandrov; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:05 AM Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> wrote: > > That talk was terribly bad: https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 > > Given how she contrived to paraphrase the ‘Holy Virgin of Emacs’ jest two messages below [0]: “This was about five minutes before he declared that it was the sacred duty of all male fans of emacs in the audience to take the virginity of women. On stage during the keynote” I would not take seriously even a word of that woman. She seems to be of that kind who listens to a human, but hears voices in her head. > > What are your reasons to believe her? > > (For those who unfamiliar with St. Ignucius sketch, the relevant part before feminists compel Dr. Stallman to censor himself might read as: “And we also have the cult of the virgin of Emacs. The virgin of Emacs is any female who has not yet learned how to use Emacs. And in the church of Emacs we believe that taking her Emacs virginity away is a blessed act” [1]. Feel the difference.) > This reference to patriarchal concepts of 'virginity' is offensive by default. It is a concept that was developed to subjugate women, promote racism, and other divisive practices. The explanation offered by RMS on the Gnome list (after some debate) hardly helps. For basic applied feminism (intersectional): https://everydayfeminism.com/?s=virginity That kind of analogy only contributes to reinforce patriarchal values. Therefore, she is on solid ground. > > Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. > > Hmm... Maybe it is not stated there, elsewhere and anywhere besides a microblog of some RMS-hater [2] because this is just another piece of libel? > > [0] https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174044476022636546 > [1] https://youtu.be/25ejlP0uWeI > [2] “Finally, FINALLY, people put enough pressure for the @fsf to get rid of Richard Stallman. It would have been awesome if all the decades of him being the absolute worst would have been reason enough to get rid of him before, but hey, at least it happened in my lifetime.” > — https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174030740037754882 No, her point is fine. Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: “I don't answer questions from women” 2019-09-25 3:58 ` A. Mani @ 2019-09-25 4:31 ` Aaron Wolf 2019-09-25 6:01 ` Federico Leva (Nemo) 2019-09-25 13:27 ` Dmitry Alexandrov 2 siblings, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Aaron Wolf @ 2019-09-25 4:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: A. Mani, Dmitry Alexandrov; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss These issues aren't either/or, they are both. The "virginity" joke is undeniably tied to patriarchy and sexism, and people who are sensitive to those issues are predictably going to have a negative reaction. This is indeed part of the long pattern of uncomfortable issues. That said, there's still a wide range of interpretations once we go into judging intentions and values behind the situations. A charitable (and I believe accurate) interpretation is that RMS was primarily focused on a mockery of religion, particularly Christian religion, and the "virgin" reference is based on that first and foremost. The other metaphor of "losing virginity" by using emacs could be plainly taken literally as a suggestion of experiencing emacs rather than anything sexual. However, it's also *clearly* a wink-wink sort of sexual joke that would get laughs among all-male sexist tech culture and be found offensive by feminists and uncomfortable to women in general. It would be *too* much of a stretch to pretend that there's *no* sexual reference. There's no honest way to make that argument. But claiming bluntly that RMS was saying to his fans that taking women's virginity was great — that is an unfair characterization. If that were stated with the one qualifier that it was part of a religious joke, it could be more fair. It's offensive enough as a joke, but it certainly comes across as far more grotesque if it were just a plain statement. So it's both: RMS' joke is not in good taste, turned people away, caused offense, and this is especially a problem in a male-dominated cultural context. It's also true that the Twitter poster went beyond what's fair in how it was characterized. People can be on the right side of things in terms of what they are criticizing and still be guilty of arguing carelessly or in bad faith. On 2019-09-24 8:58 p.m., A. Mani wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:05 AM Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> wrote: >>> That talk was terribly bad: https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 >> >> Given how she contrived to paraphrase the ‘Holy Virgin of Emacs’ jest two messages below [0]: “This was about five minutes before he declared that it was the sacred duty of all male fans of emacs in the audience to take the virginity of women. On stage during the keynote” I would not take seriously even a word of that woman. She seems to be of that kind who listens to a human, but hears voices in her head. >> >> What are your reasons to believe her? >> >> (For those who unfamiliar with St. Ignucius sketch, the relevant part before feminists compel Dr. Stallman to censor himself might read as: “And we also have the cult of the virgin of Emacs. The virgin of Emacs is any female who has not yet learned how to use Emacs. And in the church of Emacs we believe that taking her Emacs virginity away is a blessed act” [1]. Feel the difference.) >> > > This reference to patriarchal concepts of 'virginity' is offensive by > default. It is a concept that was developed to subjugate women, > promote racism, and other divisive practices. The explanation offered > by RMS on the Gnome list (after some debate) hardly helps. > > For basic applied feminism (intersectional): > https://everydayfeminism.com/?s=virginity > > That kind of analogy only contributes to reinforce patriarchal values. > Therefore, she is on solid ground. > > >>> Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. >> >> Hmm... Maybe it is not stated there, elsewhere and anywhere besides a microblog of some RMS-hater [2] because this is just another piece of libel? >> >> [0] https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174044476022636546 >> [1] https://youtu.be/25ejlP0uWeI >> [2] “Finally, FINALLY, people put enough pressure for the @fsf to get rid of Richard Stallman. It would have been awesome if all the decades of him being the absolute worst would have been reason enough to get rid of him before, but hey, at least it happened in my lifetime.” >> — https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174030740037754882 > > No, her point is fine. > > Best > > A Mani > > Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani > CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE > Senior Member, International Rough Set Society > Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in > Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ > Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A > sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net > _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: “I don't answer questions from women” 2019-09-25 3:58 ` A. Mani 2019-09-25 4:31 ` Aaron Wolf @ 2019-09-25 6:01 ` Federico Leva (Nemo) 2019-09-25 9:31 ` A. Mani 2019-09-25 13:27 ` Dmitry Alexandrov 2 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Federico Leva (Nemo) @ 2019-09-25 6:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: A. Mani, Dmitry Alexandrov; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Aaron Wolf, Libreplanet-discuss A. Mani, 25/09/19 06:58: > For basic applied feminism (intersectional): > https://everydayfeminism.com/?s=virginity Where the first article is about male virginity: <https://everydayfeminism.com/2014/10/problem-male-virginity/> Federico _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: “I don't answer questions from women” 2019-09-25 6:01 ` Federico Leva (Nemo) @ 2019-09-25 9:31 ` A. Mani 0 siblings, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: A. Mani @ 2019-09-25 9:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Federico Leva (Nemo) Cc: Dmitry Alexandrov, Matt Ivie, Aaron Wolf, Libreplanet-discuss On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 11:31 AM Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki@gmail.com> wrote: > > For basic applied feminism (intersectional): > > https://everydayfeminism.com/?s=virginity > > Where the first article is about male virginity: > <https://everydayfeminism.com/2014/10/problem-male-virginity/> That is due to some search algorithm ....check the code if possible. They try to address issues concerning all genders. Whatever, I hope FSF builds a truly robust diversity, and inclusion policy, a code of conduct, and a sexual harassment policy and keeps links to them in the footer of the front page Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: “I don't answer questions from women” 2019-09-25 3:58 ` A. Mani 2019-09-25 4:31 ` Aaron Wolf 2019-09-25 6:01 ` Federico Leva (Nemo) @ 2019-09-25 13:27 ` Dmitry Alexandrov 2019-09-25 22:56 ` A. Mani 2 siblings, 1 reply; 28+ messages in thread From: Dmitry Alexandrov @ 2019-09-25 13:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: A. Mani; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2901 bytes --] "A. Mani" <a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 3:05 AM Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 5:36 AM Aaron Wolf <wolftune@riseup.net> wrote: >>> "A. Mani" <a.mani.cms@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On 2019-09-23 4:39 p.m., A. Mani wrote: >>>>> In one keynote, RMS's response to a question was "Oh wait you're a woman! I don't answer questions from women." >>>> >>>> That question response quote is so extreme, the most reasonable assumption is that it was said as a facetious joke. I have never encountered that anecdote before, so I have no context. But taking it at pure face value makes no sense to me whatsoever. >>> >>> That talk was terribly bad: https://twitter.com/sh4na/status/1174034117077413889 >> >> Given how she contrived to paraphrase the ‘Holy Virgin of Emacs’ jest two messages below [0]: “This was about five minutes before he declared that it was the sacred duty of all male fans of emacs in the audience to take the virginity of women. On stage during the keynote” I would not take seriously even a word of that woman. She seems to be of that kind who listens to a human, but hears voices in her head. >> >> What are your reasons to believe her? >> >> (For those who unfamiliar with St. Ignucius sketch, the relevant part before feminists compel Dr. Stallman to censor himself might read as: “And we also have the cult of the virgin of Emacs. The virgin of Emacs is any female who has not yet learned how to use Emacs. And in the church of Emacs we believe that taking her Emacs virginity away is a blessed act” [1]. Feel the difference.) >> > > This reference to patriarchal concepts of 'virginity' is… > For basic applied feminism (intersectional): Whatever it is. My letter was not to discuss the concepts of virginity within intersectional applied feminism, but remind why we need to be more sceptical while spreading rumours heard on Twitter. And even more sceptical, when they are of defamatory nature. >>> Strangely this was not stated on Linuxchix website and elsewhere. >> >> Hmm... Maybe it is not stated there, elsewhere and anywhere besides a microblog of some RMS-hater [2] because this is just another piece of libel? > > No, her point is fine. Sorry, what point? Andreia Gaita was not presenting any point, she presented _an evidence_, that once upon a time Richard Stallman replied to a some mysterious question of her: “Oh wait you’re a woman! I don’t answer questions from women”. You repeated this anecdotal evidence as a fact. Aaron Wolf point was: she most probably missed the context. (Which she feels uncomfortable to provide [1]). My point was: she most probably simply lied, just as she did while retelling the St. Ignucius routine, and RMS never said _that_ to her. [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/ArneBab/status/1174436677726736385 [-- Attachment #1.2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 487 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: “I don't answer questions from women” 2019-09-25 13:27 ` Dmitry Alexandrov @ 2019-09-25 22:56 ` A. Mani 0 siblings, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: A. Mani @ 2019-09-25 22:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dmitry Alexandrov; +Cc: Matt Ivie, Libreplanet-discuss, Aaron Wolf On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 6:57 PM Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> wrote: > > For basic applied feminism (intersectional): > > Whatever it is. My letter was not to discuss the concepts of virginity within intersectional applied feminism, but remind why we need to be more sceptical while spreading rumours heard on Twitter. And even more sceptical, when they are of defamatory nature. > > > No, her point is fine. > > Sorry, what point? Andreia Gaita was not presenting any point, she presented _an evidence_, that once upon a time Richard Stallman replied to a some mysterious question of her: “Oh wait you’re a woman! I don’t answer questions from women”. > > You repeated this anecdotal evidence as a fact. > > Aaron Wolf point was: she most probably missed the context. (Which she feels uncomfortable to provide [1]). > > My point was: she most probably simply lied, just as she did while retelling the St. Ignucius routine, and RMS never said _that_ to her. > > [1] https://mobile.twitter.com/ArneBab/status/1174436677726736385 Given the other well-known 'GIRL' comment on lefty's blog, she is fully believable. Why does not RMS say something? My point was that irrespective of whether she lied or not about the statement, the routine in question is offensive, sexist and triggering. The patriarchal concept of 'virgin' is routinely used by religious people to shame, silence and abuse women. The old geekfeminism wikia page on RMS has enough details. https://geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/EMACS_virgins_joke https://opensourcetogo.blogspot.com/2009/07/emailing-richard-stallman.html?showComment=1247268813706#c2710654169843897013 Best A Mani Prof.Dr.(Miss) A Mani CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS, IEEE Senior Member, International Rough Set Society Homepage: http://www.logicamani.in Blog: https://logicamani.blogspot.in/ Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mani_A sip:girlprofessor@ekiga.net _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-22 22:20 Moving Forward Matt Ivie 2019-09-23 23:39 ` A. Mani @ 2019-09-24 6:33 ` Félicien Pillot 2019-09-24 13:18 ` Adrienne G. Thompson 2019-09-24 21:32 ` Matt Ivie 1 sibling, 2 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Félicien Pillot @ 2019-09-24 6:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Matt Ivie; +Cc: libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1677 bytes --] Matt Ivie <m0dese7en@mykolab.com> writes: > There are some things in this situation that are not totally clear to > me: > > 1) Is RMS still going to have any kind of interaction with the FSF? > > 2) I am unclear as to the motivation for his resignation. I'd like to > know if he voluntarily resigned or if he was urged or forced to > "voluntarily" resign? > > 2a) Did RMS, or the FSF board have him resign to do some damage control > and create distance between himself and the FSF or did he resign due to > demand of the board and others within the FSF because they wanted him > gone, as has been theorized? > > Having a clear understanding of these motivations can be helpful in > trying to sort out where we need to go next. It's funny, I asked RMS privately almost the same questions (the 2nd before the 1st) He told me he wanted to spread his words and make them understood, so I think he won't mind if I directly quote him here: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > * Did you make the decision alone, or were you encouraged by the FSF > > Board of Directors? > > Yes, but I agreed it was necessary. > > > * Will you continue to work for the GNU Project (...)? > > I do not intend to step down as the Chief GNUisance. > I have not finished campaigning for free software! -- Félicien Pillot 2C7C ACC0 FBDB ADBA E7BC 50D9 043C D143 6C87 9372 felicien@gnu.org - felicien.pillot@riseup.net [-- Attachment #1.2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 832 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 6:33 ` Moving Forward Félicien Pillot @ 2019-09-24 13:18 ` Adrienne G. Thompson 2019-09-24 21:32 ` Matt Ivie 1 sibling, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Adrienne G. Thompson @ 2019-09-24 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Félicien Pillot; +Cc: Matt Ivie, libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 805 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 1:36 AM Félicien Pillot <felicien@gnu.org> wrote: > > 2) I am unclear as to the motivation for his resignation. I'd like to > > know if he voluntarily resigned or if he was urged or forced to > > "voluntarily" resign? > Look up the definition of "constructive dismissal". RMS was subjected to undue pressure, psychological attacks, and coercion to force his resignation. The law requires an "employee" status, but the situation with the FSF is analogous. Subversive elements on the board of the FSF have been in play for some time. Adrienne -- Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN! GNU C-Graph - http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph Code Art Now - http://codeartnow.com Abertheid Campaign - http://www.abertheid.info Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GNUcgraph [-- Attachment #1.2: Type: text/plain, Size: 993 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 1:36 AM Félicien Pillot <[1]felicien@gnu.org> wrote: > 2) I am unclear as to the motivation for his resignation. I'd like to > know if he voluntarily resigned or if he was urged or forced to > "voluntarily" resign? Look up the definition of "constructive dismissal". RMS was subjected to undue pressure, psychological attacks, and coercion to force his resignation. The law requires an "employee" status, but the situation with the FSF is analogous. Subversive elements on the board of the FSF have been in play for some time. Adrienne -- Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN! GNU C-Graph - [2]http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph Code Art Now - [3]http://codeartnow.com Abertheid Campaign - [4]http://www.abertheid.info Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GNUcgraph References 1. mailto:felicien@gnu.org 2. http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph 3. http://codeartnow.com/ 4. http://www.abertheid.info/ [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward 2019-09-24 6:33 ` Moving Forward Félicien Pillot 2019-09-24 13:18 ` Adrienne G. Thompson @ 2019-09-24 21:32 ` Matt Ivie 1 sibling, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Matt Ivie @ 2019-09-24 21:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Félicien Pillot; +Cc: libreplanet-discuss [-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1802 bytes --] On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 08:33 +0200, Félicien Pillot wrote: > Matt Ivie <m0dese7en@mykolab.com> writes: > > There are some things in this situation that are not totally clear > > to > > me: > > > > 1) Is RMS still going to have any kind of interaction with the > > FSF? > > > > 2) I am unclear as to the motivation for his resignation. I'd like > > to > > know if he voluntarily resigned or if he was urged or forced to > > "voluntarily" resign? > > > > 2a) Did RMS, or the FSF board have him resign to do some damage > > control > > and create distance between himself and the FSF or did he resign > > due to > > demand of the board and others within the FSF because they wanted > > him > > gone, as has been theorized? > > > > Having a clear understanding of these motivations can be helpful in > > trying to sort out where we need to go next. > > It's funny, I asked RMS privately almost the same questions (the 2nd > before the 1st) > > He told me he wanted to spread his words and make them understood, so > I > think he won't mind if I directly quote him here: > > Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes: > > > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please > > consider ]]] > > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all > > enemies, ]]] > > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. > > ]]] > > > > > * Did you make the decision alone, or were you encouraged by > > the FSF > > > Board of Directors? > > > > Yes, but I agreed it was necessary. > > > > > * Will you continue to work for the GNU Project (...)? > > > > I do not intend to step down as the Chief GNUisance. > > I have not finished campaigning for free software! Thanks for passing that along. [-- Attachment #1.2: This is a digitally signed message part --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 659 bytes --] [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 183 bytes --] _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
* Re: Moving Forward @ 2019-09-24 8:08 Federico Leva (Nemo) 0 siblings, 0 replies; 28+ messages in thread From: Federico Leva (Nemo) @ 2019-09-24 8:08 UTC (permalink / raw) To: a.mani.cms, libreplanet-discuss For context: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2009-November/msg00010.html https://stallman.org/saint.html If you never saw the saint IGNUcius routine in person, there are some recordings around. https://archive.org/details/RMS_at_UPD_2015_St_IGNUcius I used to belong to the Roman Catholic church and I'm an atheist; people with different experience may need more context and I can't speak for them. Federico _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 28+ messages in thread
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