His comments about women are inexcusable, but the fact he convinced Linus to adopt GPL is paying dividends to billions of people globally, and most of us donβt know it.
what may appear whimsical to men who receive them may seem creepy to women.
Isnβt this site supposed to - yk - support the equality of all genders?
Ugh. God damn. π€’
Somehow Iβm not surprised. He seems pretty eccentric. In a socially awkward way that makes you uncomfortable.
Smart guy. Not a good person. Donβt idolize people
Honestly it comes across to me not as him defending rapists, but actually just genuinely not understanding how rape works. The guy somehow understands people less than I do, and thatβs saying something.
That was my neighborβs defense, too. βIt wasnβt rape! She was very clearly coming onto me!β about the 14-year old girl he βββencounteredβββ as a college student.
He very absolutely understands what rape is. He just doesnβt want age to be a factor if sheβs βinto itβ. Itβs very very very very very clear where he stands: if she consents, itβs not rape, no matter her age!
Nobody is even accusing him of rape. Why treat him like a rapist when nobody has suggested the possibility that he had done anything wrong besides stick his foot in his mouth? It seems obvious to me that the point he was poorly attempting to make was that heβs uncomfortable with the inconsistencies around age of consent in different countries, not that there should be no such thing. 17 is enough to be a consenting adult in some actual reasonable countries.
Net positive to the world by a lot.
His fight for software freedom was essential for shaping technology in the last couple of decades. Basically any software today is based on open source directly or indirectly.
Donβt listen to him about child psychology though
You have to separate:
- Stallman the person
- Stallman the programmer
- Stallman the philosopher
The first two are already quite ghastly. The final one just solidifies my opinion.
