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| 2021-03-26 |
Red Hat withdraws funding from FSF |
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In 2019 Richard M Stallman, often referred to as RMS, stepped down from his position as president of the Free Software Foundation. Stallman, who founded the Free Software movement and the GNU project, has often been a controversial figure. Admit backlash over some of his public comments he removed himself from the leadership of the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
Last week the FSF board silently reinstated Stallman as a member of their Board of Directors, raising a number of questions and complaints. The Open Source Initiative has published a complaint against the quiet about-face by the FSF board. This was followed by a petition to have Stallman removed from the board which has been signed by members of the GNOME and Debian projects.
Red Hat has made perhaps the strongest statement against Stallman's return, stating in a blog post: Red Hat is a long-time donor and contributor to projects stewarded by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), with hundreds of contributors and millions of lines of code contributed. Considering the circumstances of Richard Stallman’s original resignation in 2019, Red Hat was appalled to learn that he had rejoined the FSF board of directors. As a result, we are immediately suspending all Red Hat funding of the FSF and any FSF-hosted events. In addition, many Red Hat contributors have told us they no longer plan to participate in FSF-led or backed events, and we stand behind them."
The Free Software Foundation has responded, stating they will be reviewing their board memberships. |
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