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Another reason Free Software is important (lemmy.world)

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[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

like his history of propositioning female colleagues half his age during work hours to “test” the mattress in his office, which there are tens of reports of.

Do you have a source for this?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

this medium post from the time of the "remove rms" letter is the source i remember reading.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Many of the accusations from this article are addressed here:

https://techrights.org/o/2021/04/24/rms-false-accusations/#mattress

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 3 days ago

i did encounter that while searching. it's good that people were not hurt, but it's so weird to see both sides be so fervent on this issue. rms is a strange man, no doubt about it, and only he can vouch for his reasons, but the consequences of his actions are visible to everyone.