Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m writing to ask for the Free Software Foundation remove Richard Stallman from your board.
You’re undoubtedly aware of the Medium article making the rounds, which provides excerpts of emails where RMS appears to minimise sexual assault against a minor. Alas, this is not a one-off. For example, on his blog in 2016, he defended the “right” of men to make rape threats online ( https://stallman.org/notes/2016-jul-oct.html#3_August_2016_(How_Facebook_troll_came_undone ). Obviously, this was after Gamer Gate.
Free Software is a great idea, but RMS’s public comments have become embarrassing to the organisation and the idea. I’ve advocated for Free Software for decades. If we’re going to succeed, we can’t immediately alienate 51% of the population. RMS has done great work in the past, but it’s time for him to step down.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
If you would like to also email the Free Software Foundation, their email is on their ‘contact us‘ page. “RMS” is Richard Stallman, their founder and president.
His influence is tremendous but his public comments are gross.
