Re: FSF Resign Awards: Call for Nominations

[Danny Spitzberg]

   I thought Bradley’s 2018 “state of the copyleft union“ talk at
   LibrePlanet was a rare and important bit of positive
   constructive criticism for free/libre software.
   Sadly, it was met with mixed reactions from the audience- including RMS
   who apparently saw it as defeatist, because he yelled “We’re not licked
   yet!!” and then stormed the stage to give an impromptu rebuttal.
   I don’t have much context for other contributions from Bradley, but
   that one talk was a breath of fresh air and levelheadedness.
   (Bradly, do you know the whereabouts of that talk, the notes, or dare I
   imagine, the video?)
   On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM Adrienne G. Thompson
   <[1]adriennegayethompson@gmail.com> wrote:

        Re: nomination for the FSF Resign Awards:
        For the internet drama "The Backstabber"
        Bradley M. Kuhn:
        Best Director
        Best Open Source advocate
        Friends, hackers, coders, men, lend me your ears!
        Rise up to eject backstabbers of Freedom – not praise them;
        The evil such men do lives after them
        Ambition should be made of sterner stuff;
        Oh judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beests
        But not our GNU, though wilde, will not be tamed
        By men – he/him they/them who have lost their reason;
        Who conceal the yoke under Hats of garish colour Red,
        Who steal upon Freedom, Softly, with Micro vision,
        Or who, Google-eyed, seek to buy those entirely willing.
        Who amongst us has the balls
        And choose to lend them to our cause?
        Will Rise Up and tear down walls
        Intended to subvert our GPL laws?
        #RiseUp and Gravitate to GNU!

     [1][2]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
        Adrienne
        --
        Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN!
        GNU C-Graph - [2][3]http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
        Code Art Now - [3][4]http://codeartnow.com
        Abertheid Campaign - [4][5]http://www.abertheid.info
        Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GNUcgraph
        Notes:
        Inspired by William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"; words spoken
     by Mark
        Antony:

     [5][6]https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-ro
     mans-c
        ountrymen-lend-me-your-ears
        On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 2:28 PM Adrienne G. Thompson
        <[6][7]adriennegayethompson@gmail.com> wrote:
        It is my sincere (dis)pleasure to make the following nomination
     for the
        Free Software Foundation Resign Awards:
        For the internet drama "The Backstabber"
        Bradley M. Kuhn:
        Best Director
        Best Open Source advocate
        Calling on the Free Software community to post your nominations
     now!
        #RiseUp and Gravitate to GNU!

     [7][8]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
        Adrienne G. Thompson
        Principal and Executive Director, GNU C-Graph
     References
        1.
     [9]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
        2. [10]http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
        3. [11]http://codeartnow.com/
        4. [12]http://www.abertheid.info/
        5.
     [13]https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-roma
     ns-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears
        6. mailto:[14]adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
        7.
     [15]http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
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References

   1. mailto:adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
   2. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
   3. http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
   4. http://codeartnow.com/
   5. http://www.abertheid.info/
   6. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-c
   7. mailto:adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
   8. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
   9. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
  10. http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph
  11. http://codeartnow.com/
  12. http://www.abertheid.info/
  13. 
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56968/speech-friends-romans-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears
  14. mailto:adriennegayethompson@gmail.com
  15. http://www.codeartnow.com/gallery-1/freedom/gravitating-to-gnu
  16. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
  17. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss