Keynote Announcement: Dr. Richard Stallman
libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/…
On Wednesday, May 28th at 19:30, Dr. Richard Stallman will deliver a keynote on Free/Libre Software and Freedom in the Digital Society at Libre Graphics Meeting.
See the details in the linked announcement regarding admission to the talk.
I also included a personal note on the decision, as I received mixed feedback.
--Lasse
Federico Mena Quintero
in reply to Libre Graphics Meeting • • •"After reviewing the complaints and the defense, I concluded that the concerns lacked substantive weight."
This is what enables abuse. If you read stallman-report.org/ and still think that, you are abetting abuse.
The Stallman report
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Martin Owens
in reply to Federico Mena Quintero • • •@federicomena
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"There have been attacks against him" - Lasse
So; when you come into a conversation, and this is your framing. You've already pre-decided the outcome and are working backwards to justify it.
I condemn in the strongest the invitation to, and elevation of, someone known to be a danger at physical events, who is unrepentant and who rejected every effort to be helped to find a way back.
LGM is harmed by this action.
#lgm #inkscape
Lasse Fister
in reply to Libre Graphics Meeting • • •@halla @celesteh @federicomena @doctormo
I’m following this discussion.
Can you explain to me where stallmansupport.org is so wrong. Is it completely wrong or just partially? And vice versa, is the “report” completely right?
I also had the impression the “report” was written in a manipulative language and publishing it anonymously doesn’t support it either.
I’d be interested in a discussion that is not so emotionally loaded, and I’m open to arguments. I see and get to feel that you are upset.
Introduction
In Support of Richard StallmanMatt Wilcox
in reply to Lasse Fister • • •Alexandre Oliva
in reply to Matt Wilcox • • •standing up to bullies and against the injustice they promote through violence nearly always makes sense. that they choose violence to force others to join their character assassination campaigns is already a red flag that you don't wish to be on their side. that they demand swift submission, to deny people a chance to look into the facts, is more evidence that their violent tactics are not means to promote justice. now, of course, being a victim of their violence says nothing about you or anything who stood on their path is innocent; only looking into the facts can accomplish that. which is why they have to stop you so forcefully from seeking facts, isolating their victim and anyone else who defies their violence. it's really ugly, and it takes courage to stand up to them. but for anyone who cares about justice and against censorship and violence, standing up to them is the only move that makes any sense
(there are also plenty people tied up in false beliefs about the victims, induced by violence; whether they're mere victims of falsehoods or accomplices to the campaign of violence hinges on how they respond when called out for the violence they're participating in)
CC: @graphicore@post.lurk.org @lgm@post.lurk.org @halla@kde.social @celesteh@lgbt.io @federicomena@mstdn.mx @doctormo@floss.social