"We, the undersigned GNU maintainers and developers, owe a debt of gratitude to Richard Stallman for his decades of important work in the free software movement. Stallman tirelessly emphasized the importance of computer user freedom and laid the foundation for his vision to become a reality by starting the development of the GNU operating system. For that we are truly grateful.
Yet, we must also acknowledge that Stallman’s behavior over the years has undermined a core value of the GNU project: the empowerment of all computer users. GNU is not fulfilling its mission when the behavior of its leader alienates a large part of those we want to reach out to.
We believe that Richard Stallman cannot represent all of GNU. We think it is now time for GNU maintainers to collectively decide about the organization of the project. The GNU Project we want to build is one that everyone can trust to defend their freedom."
What exactly did he say?
Richard Stallman? It’s a long and complicated drama. He said something on a mailing list where he nitpicked at details regarding the whole epstein thing, which led to his resignation because people understand that nitpicking details regarding a serious situation can and was seen as trivialization. This led to members suspending their FSF memberships and people getting very upset with him.
As for what the GNU maintainers are referring to, that’s it own drama I don’t understand well enough to talk about. It’s a long history.
