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kaia

RMS speaking requirements are so delightfully autistic. we learn about his soft drink preferences (when tired)

https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/g/mysociety-community/c/zkyZpOXjgoQ/m/_8xyXSxv9zYJ

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SuperDicq

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@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com Did you finally find the RMS rider document?

Honestly I think it is a good document. I appreciate this type of openness a lot. As an autistic person myself I wish more people came with an instruction manual like this.

A lot of people have specific needs but they won't tell you what their needs are so then you host them and they will complain.

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Blurry Moon

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@SuperDicq @kaia I couldn't believe he requires his green room to have a single box of magnum-size condoms.

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Q.U.I.N.N.

@icedquinn@blob.cat remote

@SuperDicq @kaia i kinda disagree with him about the 'free software' marketing autism. that phrasing is horrible and doesn't actually land with the public for what he wanted it to mean.

the FSFs core argument is basically abusing copyright as a weapon against enclosure and they completely bungle the job of selling that concept.

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SuperDicq

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@icedquinn@blob.cat @kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com They are also up against billion dollar companies using propaganda to discredit him and his work. From "open source" to "Linux" (without the GNU) to calling copyleft "viral", it is all big corpo propaganda designed to make the free software movement less successful. Including painting him as an Epstein sympathizer for some reason.

Yet the FSF still persists in spite of everything. And I don't think they are doing a bad job at all.

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@icedquinn@blob.cat remote

@SuperDicq @kaia the epstein thing is because he went on at his usual autistic length about minsky's alleged epstein ties (which weren't very strongly supported afaik)

though where a normal person would have stopped at "i don't think my coworker did anything wrong and he's not alive to defend himself" RMS kept going on a rant about age of consent etc

that particular incident was his own unforced error