In reply to Ryan Hellyer.

So even if he’s not guilty, he’s still guilty? That makes no sense. And this is about removing him (or keeping him removed), not “choosing” him. He was already the giant figure in the free software movement; this is about some people just complaining that he didn’t stay canceled.

rms has always been “polarizing” because he is so strident about free software and copyleft. That has earned him many enemies, like people (cough, Redhat, cough) who really wish they could just slip a little un-freeness in there, after they have used the free software as a staring point, of course.

Of course we could have all sort of fun exploring the psychology of the lynch mob who just goes along for the ride, but I’ll leave that for others.