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| Thoughts on LGM + RMS | 2025-05-06 | false | I'm attending Libre Graphics Meeting this month, and what a way to influence my experience with the event - before it even starts. |
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I'm attending Libre Graphics Meeting this month, and it's also my first LGM! What a way to influence my feelings about the event before it even starts:
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.
Regardless of your feelings about RMS (try to guess mine!) there are some things about the keynote announcement that troubles me. I felt like this was better done on my blog instead of a quippy Mastodon post.
- RMS is controversial, that much is agreed upon (and this is also pointed out by the organizer.) This guy has two websites claiming how "bad"/"good" he is, seriously?
- RMS is not heavily involved in "Libre Graphics". This is also pointed out by the organizer (they sort of toss away that point however.) Fine, it's your event and you can decide who gives a keynote.
- His presence is driving people away. Some of my friends are deciding not to go/canceling because of his presence. (That alone should be pretty telling?!) If I didn't book everything already, I would reconsider going myself.
- The organizer has admitted that they received "a pattern of concerning remarks", which isn't a red flag by itself?
It's certainly A Choice™ to have the context provided above, and still be like "yeah, this is who I want doing a keynote." Certainly there must be more interesting people to pick from in this space? You can bet I'm not going to be around for his keynote.