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Re: Support for RMS and criticism of the "bottom-up"/"social contract" p


From: Dmitry Alexandrov
Subject: Re: Support for RMS and criticism of the "bottom-up"/"social contract" power grab attempt.
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:11:09 +0300
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Marcel <mve1@runbox.com> wrote:
> On 10/31/19 3:01 PM, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote:
>> Marcel <mve1@runbox.com> wrote:
>>> What I do see are volunteers trying to opportunistically derail the Free 
>>> Software Movement at a moment of perceived weakness for RMS.  I read 
>>> concerns about the eventual death of RMS to the survival of GNU, yet RMS is 
>>> not dead yet
>> 
>> When heʼs dead, it may be too late to discuss anything.
>> 
>> History teaches us, that a lifework of great leader, who neglects an 
>> opportunity to step aside and let his successors to display themselves while 
>> still keeping an eye on them, might go rack and ruin in a moment.
>> 
>
> You removed half of the sentence and the rest of the paragraph,
> completely changing the meaning of what I wrote:
>
> What I do see are volunteers trying to opportunistically derail the Free 
> Software Movement at a moment of perceived weakness for RMS. I read concerns 
> about the eventual death of RMS to the survival of GNU, yet RMS is not dead 
> yet, and these detractors are trying to push him out while he's still alive. 
> I have deep concerns about the day RMS stops being involved in the Free 
> Software Movement, but that is hardly an argument to push him out while he's 
> still active and involved.

I did read what you wrote.  You donʼt try say, that when ‘detractors’, that 
want to derail free software movement (whoever you mean), wonʼt need to push 
him out first, because heʼs already dead, it will be any better, do you?

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