Post #1990425

2026-03-13 17:22 UTC

@technomancy @milagemayvary @fmasy @Khrys have they actually taken any new hardline stances in the last two decades? They might have just lost their bite. Which is unfortunate; if emacs falls to slop I will be mad.

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@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org 2026-03-13 17:26

@lhp @milagemayvary @fmasy @Khrys yeah, the truth is probably that they are just so myopically focused on licensing and DRM that they can't acknowledge the importance of any other concern huge amount of wasted potential; it's especially sad in this case where we urgently need leadership and coordination

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@a@pdx.social 2026-03-13 19:33

@lhp @technomancy @milagemayvary @fmasy @Khrys "have they actually taken any new hardline stances in the last two decades?" Does "we're okay keeping serial harassers in positions of power" count as a hardline stance? Feels like a "moral stance" in one direction, anyway. Given RMS's own history with the source for Emacs, I wouldn't look to them for moral leadership resisting the fascist plagiarism machine.

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