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From: Danny Spitzberg <stationaery@gmail.com>
To: "Adrienne G. Thompson" <adriennegayethompson@gmail.com>
Cc: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@ebb.org>,
	 libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
Subject: Re: FSF Resign Awards: Call for Nominations
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:21:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEYaDQOBJfeUP9BPHQKxiQtJaRZTZc-m1040VC7yLNPjrhtyYA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACvtE5EN=RwdNdDnC_3rndgaEHyrMNK1M7Y2Qv5ubeJc=sSPaw@mail.gmail.com>


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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?)

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM Adrienne G. Thompson <
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]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>
>    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
>
>    Notes:
>
>    Inspired by William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"; words spoken by Mark
>    Antony:
>
>    [5]https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-c
>    ountrymen-lend-me-your-ears
>    On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 2:28 PM Adrienne G. Thompson
>    <[6]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]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>    Adrienne G. Thompson
>    Principal and Executive Director, GNU C-Graph
>
> References
>
>    1. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
>    2. http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
>    3. http://codeartnow.com/
>    4. http://www.abertheid.info/
>    5.
> https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears
>    6. mailto:adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
>    7. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
> _______________________________________________
> libreplanet-discuss mailing list
> libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
> https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss

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   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?)
   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
     _______________________________________________
     libreplanet-discuss mailing list
     [16]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
     [17]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discu
     ss

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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  reply	other threads:[~2019-09-30 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-28 19:28 FSF Resign Awards: Call for Nominations Adrienne G. Thompson
2019-09-29 16:33 ` Adrienne G. Thompson
2019-09-29 17:21   ` Danny Spitzberg [this message]
2019-09-30 18:43     ` Deb Nicholson
2019-09-30 19:06       ` Lori Nagel via libreplanet-discuss
2019-09-30 19:36         ` Deb Nicholson
2019-09-30 19:21       ` Florian Snow
2019-09-29 21:40   ` Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss
2019-09-29 21:38 ` Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss
2019-09-29 21:44   ` Caleb Herbert

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