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An open letter in support of Richard Matthew Stallman being reinstated by the Free Software Foundation

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An open letter in support of Richard Matthew Stallman being reinstated by the Free Software Foundation

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HN mentions by 6-hour interval9 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-03-24 11:44:12 UTC to 2021-03-31 12:45:14 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
Mar 24, 06:00	2021-03-24 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-24 12:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Mar 24, 12:00	2021-03-24 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-24 18:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Mar 24, 18:00	2021-03-24 18:00:00 UTC	2021-03-25 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 25, 00:00	2021-03-25 00:00:00 UTC	2021-03-25 06:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Mar 25, 06:00	2021-03-25 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-25 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 25, 12:00	2021-03-25 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-25 18:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 25, 18:00	2021-03-25 18:00:00 UTC	2021-03-26 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 26, 00:00	2021-03-26 00:00:00 UTC	2021-03-26 06:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Mar 26, 06:00	2021-03-26 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-26 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 26, 12:00	2021-03-26 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-26 18:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 26, 18:00	2021-03-26 18:00:00 UTC	2021-03-27 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 27, 00:00	2021-03-27 00:00:00 UTC	2021-03-27 06:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 27, 06:00	2021-03-27 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-27 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 27, 12:00	2021-03-27 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-27 18:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 27, 18:00	2021-03-27 18:00:00 UTC	2021-03-28 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 28, 00:00	2021-03-28 00:00:00 UTC	2021-03-28 06:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Mar 28, 06:00	2021-03-28 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-28 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 28, 12:00	2021-03-28 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-28 18:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Mar 28, 18:00	2021-03-28 18:00:00 UTC	2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 29, 00:00	2021-03-29 00:00:00 UTC	2021-03-29 06:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 29, 06:00	2021-03-29 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-29 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 29, 12:00	2021-03-29 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-29 18:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 29, 18:00	2021-03-29 18:00:00 UTC	2021-03-30 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 30, 00:00	2021-03-30 00:00:00 UTC	2021-03-30 06:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Mar 30, 06:00	2021-03-30 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-30 12:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 30, 12:00	2021-03-30 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-30 18:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 30, 18:00	2021-03-30 18:00:00 UTC	2021-03-31 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 31, 00:00	2021-03-31 00:00:00 UTC	2021-03-31 06:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 31, 06:00	2021-03-31 06:00:00 UTC	2021-03-31 12:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Mar 31, 12:00	2021-03-31 12:00:00 UTC	2021-03-31 18:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

What Hacker News says

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przmk·Mar 31, 2021

There are two letters currently being signed by people either for or against the removal of RMS from the FSF. The against letter is here : https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.git... And the for is here : https://github.com/rms-open-letter/rms-open-letter.github.io You can find the number of votes on the respective websites for each letter or by checking the number of merged pull requests.

In Richard Stallman FSF support/remove letter signature counts

mnouquet·Mar 31, 2021

For lack of a better term, https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.git... look a lot like a cancel-culture honeypot than anything else.

In [dead]

d_tr·Mar 30, 2021

Someone opened an issue about this, maybe you could take a look: https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.git...

In Stallman's return denounced by the EFF, Tor, Mozilla, and the creator of Rust

Andrew_nenakhov·Mar 28, 2021

It is telling that these cowards from TOR have limited replies to that tweet. It is a pity that such important project is in such bad hands. Anyway, just signed rms support letter [1] and suggest you do the same. [1]: https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.git...

In “The Tor Project is joining calls for Richard M. Stallman to be removed [...]"

d_tr·Mar 28, 2021Submission

RMS support letter signees receiving harassing e-mails

17 points · Open discussion

crazypython·Mar 26, 2021Submission

How come this GitHub repo with more PRs and stars is not trending on GitHub?

12 points · Open discussion

claudiawerner·Mar 25, 2021

For the other side of the issue, please also see: https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.git... and the open letter in support of RMS more generally: https://rms-support-letter.github.io and, quoting the former president of the ACLU and civil rights activist Nadine Strossen on the Stallman matter: https://www.wetheweb.org/post/cancel-we-the-web

In Mozilla, Tor Join Calls to Oust Richard Stallman from Free Software Foundation

majkinetor·Mar 24, 2021Submission

An open letter in support of RMS being reinstated by the FSF