🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

Richard #Stallman a.k.a. #RMS is the founder of the Free Software Foundation (#FSF), author of the original versions of **gcc** and **Emacs**, and perhaps best known for his creation of the GNU Public Licence a.k.a. #GPL.

Thanks to the pioneering work of Richard Stallman, Android has a freely available kernel that can boot it, and companies like Samsung are forced to release their augmented kernel source code to us every month, so that we can build — using Stallman's compiler — a working custom recovery like TWRP.

Richard Stallman is currently under coordinated attack by the cancel culture mob. They have him firmly in their sights and have set their hearts on trying to get him removed from the board of the organisation he founded in 1985, and which has been his life's work.

The reason for the attack is that Stallman is alleged to hold views that are "problematic" in the eyes of his detractors.

My own stance is that to even engage in debate of Stallman's views would be to lend credence to the notion that they are somehow germane to the work that Stallman does in support of free software. I contend that they are not, which is not to imply that the accusations leveled at Stallman would otherwise require intellectual or moral contortion to refute. They would not. Stallman's views, even if they were relevant, have been grossly misrepresented.

The attempted silencing of free speech is always painful to behold, but this ill-conceived attack on Stallman is particularly stomach-turning, given how much of his life he has devoted to the freedom of others, including those who accuse him now.

His contributions to free software and his consistent, uncompromising commitment to his beliefs regarding software freedom have made millionaires of others, including many among his accusers now, while Stallman himself continues to lead a life of subsistence.

#Android would not exist if it hadn't been for Stallman.

Without Stallman, we would not have the assurance that important software like #Magisk will continue to exist long after the project's creator has moved on.

Without Stallman, #TWRP would not now exist.

Were it not for Richard Stallman, most of the cheap electronic appliances and gadgets in your home would simply not exist.

Without Richard Stallman's groundbreaking work, the world would be a different and much worse place.

Now you can do something in return. Richard Stallman needs your support.

Please consider signing the petition below:

https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.github.io

If you need more background before signing, please take the time to do your own research and reach your own conclusions.

A gift for @freemo

@freemo Wikipedia in Japan has a detailed article about the habit of warming and drinking (Kan). (There seems to be no English version, so use machine translation!)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%87%97%E9%85%92

It is common for Japanese people to drink sake chilled, but as mentioned in the article, it is also preferred to drink it warm.

It is said that a certain liquor is delicious when you drink it cold, and delicious when you warm it, but I think it is best to drink it in the way you think it is delicious.

@freemo @noellabo There is also DASSAI, which is a modern sake brewing method. It happens to have the same name, Asahi Shuzo, but it is a different brewer.
http://www.asahishuzo.ne.jp/en/

Regular sake is made by Toji, a sake brewing artisan, but DASSAI quantifies the artisan's experience and intuition and manufactures without Toji, providing stable, high quality, delicious sake that is highly regarded.

@freemo @noellabo As for sake made using traditional methods, there are many sake breweries throughout Japan that are proud of their products, and it is difficult to choose one over another. Please check out the Asahi Shuzo KUBOTA website.
https://www.asahi-shuzo.co.jp/en/

Here comes the threats ... Really demoralises folks like us who create free #OpenSource software 🙁

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Grassroots mapping with ballons and kites guide.

A community method for obtaining aerial images of contaminated areas.

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#CommunitySelfDefense

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I am announcing my resignation from the FSF board. (Effective end of Thursday, for administrative reasons.) It's a decision that has been a long time coming for me, but still a hard one: I think the work of the FSF is important, and broken things are the most important to fix.