• https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/joint-statement-on-the-gnu-project/
• https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html

Was thinking of becoming a guix guy but maybe not.

Stallman is not actively involved (if at all, he does not program anymore) in GNU or any of its software projects. GNU Guix was started mostly in part by Ludovic Courtès and is an active community-maintained project with a strict code of conduct. I have never heard anyone mention Stallman in their communications or had any hint of a “Stallman club.” (FYI I am a contributor to Guix).

Stallman has been in the far backseat for quite a long time now. His personal (but public) blog reflects none of the views of the FSF nor the GNU Project. By supporting the FSF or the GNU Project you are not supporting Richard Stallman, he is not the one at the helm. By reading his essays on Free software (hosted on gnu dot org) you are not somehow giving his other ideas any credibility as his personal blog is not referenced anywhere. Nor do in any of his essays (gnu dot org) does Stallman advertise his other beliefs (not even the cool ones like calling all cops “thugs”)

There are parts of Devault’s essay that I could criticize (not in defending Stallman but the framing of some events), but that simply does not matter anymore. Please do not think that all GNU project members (or the FSF for that matter) are a monolith.