Sunday IT Wire counted up the number of signatories on two open letters, one opposing Richard Stallman's return to the FSF and one supporting it. - The pro-Stallman letter had 3,632 individual signers - The anti-Stallman letter had 2,812 individual signers (plus 48 companies and organizations). ...
If there were a third open letter for people who want a compromise, I wonder what that should include. any thoughts?
“we believe that the fair way to resolve the issue is through creation of a formal process in fsf”, or something like that?
because it is to none of our advantage that free software enthusiasts are now cancelling each other based on which letter they signed.
tbh I would love to see an open letter that calls for a moratorium on open letters. Sadly I think it would cause more drama than it resolved! lol :D
We just have to wait for this to play out, unfortunately. Judging by the back-handed statement from the FSF board that was published on Twitter earlier today, I doubt this will all end pleasantly.