I thought Bradley’s 2018 “state of the copyleft union“ talk at LibrePlanet was a rare and important bit of positive constructive criticism for free/libre software.
Sadly, it was met with mixed reactions from the audience- including RMS who apparently saw it as defeatist, because he yelled “We’re not licked yet!!” and then stormed the stage to give an impromptu rebuttal. I don’t have much context for other contributions from Bradley, but that one talk was a breath of fresh air and levelheadedness. (Bradly, do you know the whereabouts of that talk, the notes, or dare I imagine, the video?) On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 1:51 PM Adrienne G. Thompson < adriennegayethomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Re: nomination for the FSF Resign Awards: > For the internet drama "The Backstabber" > > Bradley M. Kuhn: > Best Director > Best Open Source advocate > > > Friends, hackers, coders, men, lend me your ears! > > Rise up to eject backstabbers of Freedom – not praise them; > > The evil such men do lives after them > > Ambition should be made of sterner stuff; > > Oh judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beests > > But not our GNU, though wilde, will not be tamed > > By men – he/him they/them who have lost their reason; > > Who conceal the yoke under Hats of garish colour Red, > > Who steal upon Freedom, Softly, with Micro vision, > > Or who, Google-eyed, seek to buy those entirely willing. > > > Who amongst us has the balls > > And choose to lend them to our cause? > > Will Rise Up and tear down walls > > Intended to subvert our GPL laws? > > > > #RiseUp and Gravitate to GNU! > http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu > > > Adrienne > -- > Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN! > > GNU C-Graph - http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph > Code Art Now - http://codeartnow.com > Abertheid Campaign - http://www.abertheid.info > Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GNUcgraph > > > Notes: > > Inspired by William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"; words spoken by Mark > Antony: > > > https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears > > > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 2:28 PM Adrienne G. Thompson < > adriennegayethomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It is my sincere (dis)pleasure to make the following nomination for the >> Free Software Foundation Resign Awards: >> >> For the internet drama "The Backstabber" >> >> Bradley M. Kuhn: >> Best Director >> Best Open Source advocate >> >> Calling on the Free Software community to post your nominations now! >> >> #RiseUp and Gravitate to GNU! >> http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu >> >> Adrienne G. Thompson >> Principal and Executive Director, GNU C-Graph >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.fsfellowship.eu > https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion >
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