Arthur Torrey <[email protected]> wrote: > - the call has just gone out for members to nominatea potential recipients of > the FSF awards given out at Libre-planet
> I know that I have a hard time coming up with the name of an individual who > has done more to advance the cause of Free Software That’s a great idea! > Minor suggestion for those that feel that RMS has been treated badly in the > recent controversy However, I would object about this part. It does not matter how one thinks Dr. Stallman was treated, nor for what reason he ultimately retired from FSF. This is not a consolation prize, but a well-deserved recognition — actually, the least one he deserves for his lifetime work. > In the past as an FSF honcho, RMS has not been eligible, but now that he has > resigned???? Why so many question marks? Yes, he is definitely eligible now. If someone doubts, whether it appropriate to nominate a former FSF staff member, we have a precedent: the last AoFS award winner — Deborah Nicholson — had been an FSF employee. > Even if the decision makers decide to ignore them Who are they, by the way? It seems that FSF stop publicly announcing composition of the jury few years ago. Why? -- P. S. > I am also somewhat uncomfortable with the speculation about RMS being on the > autism spectrum +1.
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