On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:25 PM Danny Spitzberg <stationaery@gmail.com>
wrote:

>    I thought Bradley’s 2018 “state of the copyleft union“ talk at
>    LibrePlanet was a rare and important bit of positive
>    constructive criticism for free/libre software.
>    Sadly, it was met with mixed reactions from the audience- including RMS
>    who apparently saw it as defeatist, because he yelled “We’re not licked
>    yet!!” and then stormed the stage to give an impromptu rebuttal.
>    I don’t have much context for other contributions from Bradley, but
>    that one talk was a breath of fresh air and levelheadedness.
>    (Bradly, do you know the whereabouts of that talk, the notes, or dare I
>    imagine, the video?)
>

I think the FSF chose not to make that one available. Danny, thank you also
for speaking in favor of constructive criticism. No movement can survive an
allergy to discussion -- especially the discussion of problems and
challenges -- such as all too sadly been happening on this list lately.

The assumption that any discussion of tactics, or how the free software
movement might respond to changes in society or changes in the industry is
necessarily a smear campaign by Microsoft/Facebook/Etc has been extremely
tiresome.

Best,
Deb


>    On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM Adrienne G. Thompson
>    <[1]adriennegayethompson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         Re: nomination for the FSF Resign Awards:
>         For the internet drama "The Backstabber"
>         Bradley M. Kuhn:
>         Best Director
>         Best Open Source advocate
>         Friends, hackers, coders, men, lend me your ears!
>         Rise up to eject backstabbers of Freedom – not praise them;
>         The evil such men do lives after them
>         Ambition should be made of sterner stuff;
>         Oh judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beests
>         But not our GNU, though wilde, will not be tamed
>         By men – he/him they/them who have lost their reason;
>         Who conceal the yoke under Hats of garish colour Red,
>         Who steal upon Freedom, Softly, with Micro vision,
>         Or who, Google-eyed, seek to buy those entirely willing.
>         Who amongst us has the balls
>         And choose to lend them to our cause?
>         Will Rise Up and tear down walls
>         Intended to subvert our GPL laws?
>         #RiseUp and Gravitate to GNU!
>
>      [1][2]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>         Adrienne
>         --
>         Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN!
>         GNU C-Graph - [2][3]http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
>         Code Art Now - [3][4]http://codeartnow.com
>         Abertheid Campaign - [4][5]http://www.abertheid.info
>         Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GNUcgraph
>         Notes:
>         Inspired by William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"; words spoken
>      by Mark
>         Antony:
>
>      [5][6]https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-ro
>      mans-c
>         ountrymen-lend-me-your-ears
>         On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 2:28 PM Adrienne G. Thompson
>         <[6][7]adriennegayethompson@gmail.com> wrote:
>         It is my sincere (dis)pleasure to make the following nomination
>      for the
>         Free Software Foundation Resign Awards:
>         For the internet drama "The Backstabber"
>         Bradley M. Kuhn:
>         Best Director
>         Best Open Source advocate
>         Calling on the Free Software community to post your nominations
>      now!
>         #RiseUp and Gravitate to GNU!
>
>      [7][8]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>         Adrienne G. Thompson
>         Principal and Executive Director, GNU C-Graph
>      References
>         1.
>      [9]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>         2. [10]http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
>         3. [11]http://codeartnow.com/
>         4. [12]http://www.abertheid.info/
>         5.
>      [13]https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-roma
>      ns-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears
>         6. mailto:[14]adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
>         7.
>      [15]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
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> References
>
>    1. mailto:adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
>    2. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>    3. http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
>    4. http://codeartnow.com/
>    5. http://www.abertheid.info/
>    6. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-c
>    7. mailto:adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
>    8. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>    9. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>   10. http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
>   11. http://codeartnow.com/
>   12. http://www.abertheid.info/
>   13.
> https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears
>   14. mailto:adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
>   15. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>   16. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
>   17. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
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