I’m not sure he represents you, or even free software. He represents, in this instance, the FSF, an organisation he himself set up. It’s now one of many promotors of open software (broadly speaking), and frankly quite a fringe one. I’m an Emacs user, and despite that, FSF’s articles fill me with cringe.
I think your argument would apply in its entirety if he was representing some kind of umbrella organisation for FOSS, but that’s not the case. It would also then be reasonable for members of such an umbrella to pressure the FSF into who should be on its board. But it is not the case.
Perhaps this argument shows that we need such an organisation, with RMS not heading it.
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I’m not sure he represents you, or even free software. He represents, in this instance, the FSF, an organisation he himself set up. It’s now one of many promotors of open software (broadly speaking), and frankly quite a fringe one. I’m an Emacs user, and despite that, FSF’s articles fill me with cringe.
I think your argument would apply in its entirety if he was representing some kind of umbrella organisation for FOSS, but that’s not the case. It would also then be reasonable for members of such an umbrella to pressure the FSF into who should be on its board. But it is not the case.
Perhaps this argument shows that we need such an organisation, with RMS not heading it.