leaving a message just because it’s important that stallman knows there are many people wishing him well, and how much respect there’s for him. I kindly invite others to leave a message as well.
With love, A linux user.
RMS is the patron saint (and prophet) of open source. Like all saints he can be an A-hole zealot.
I want to thank Richard for being the a-hole zealot the world has needed. The whole F-ing world is in debt to his relentless, tireless work.
I don’t want to be pedantic in reply to a heartfelt comment but since I believe Richard himself would say this: he advocates for free software which is fundamentally different from open source.
He’s someone I think who will truly be appreciated when its to late. Like when we’re getting our amazon anal trackers inserted by our yearly google healthcare visit we’ll have a moment that we should have appreciated him morw
legit made me very sad when I saw the pics, wish he gets well soon!
He always looked like a FOSS Santa, this is really weird.
Fun fact, Richard Stallman named one of the FOSS games I worked on. I wish the very best for him.
Flare?
Indeed. It used to be called OSARE (Open source action rpg engine) until RMS pointed out it should be Free/Libre not Open Source. So we changed the name!
Sad news about a pioneer of internet freedom. He has earned his fair share of criticism and detractors, but he has also given a lot to the Linux and free software ecosystem. I personally run [email protected] on all my rigs to support open-source cancer research, I hope one day we can finally cross cancer off the list of humankind’s foes.
If the human body or cancer were Free and Open Source, it’d be much easier to cure too.
Fucking closed source human DNA.
Would be cool to do some kind of thing online to let him know how we all appreciate him.
I just don’t know what that would look like. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Why not here? This is a Foss platform. Get better, RMS!
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Seeing how he looks now is incredibly sad. I really hope he makes it though this.
RMS! RMS! RMS!
GNU ! GNU! GNU!
🫡 stay strong, Mr. Stallman
Keep fighting RMS and beat it.
Gotta say the older I get, the more I appreciate what he stands for. Especially as we spiral toward a dystopian future where privacy is suspect and surveillance is everywhere, FOSS is the only way to retain control over our digital lives.
