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date: 2019-09-29
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Last week Richard Stallman resigned from FSF. It is a great loss for the free software movement.
The apparent cause of his resignation and the events that triggered it reflect some alarming trends of the zeitgeist. Here is a detailed review of what happened: [Low grade "journalists" and internet mob attack RMS with lies. In-depth review.](https://sterling-archermedes.github.io/). Some interesting articles on this are: [Weekly Roundup: The Passion Of Saint iGNUcius Edition](https://jackbaruth.com/?p=16779), [Why I Once Called for Richard Stallman to Step Down](http://techrights.org/2019/09/17/rms-witch-hunt/).
Dishonest and misleading media pieces involved in this incident include [The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/famed-mit-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-defends-epstein-victims-were-entirely-willing), [Vice](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing), [Tech Crunch](https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/16/computer-scientist-richard-stallman-who-defended-jeffrey-epstein-resigns-from-mit-csail-and-the-free-software-foundation/), [Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallmans-exit-heralds-a-new-era-in-tech/).
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