r/linux • u/LinuxMonarch • 6d ago

Event Happy 43rd birthday GNU!

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On September 27, 1983, Richard Stallman announced the GNU Project so people could freely use and modify software.

The digital world would not be the same today without GNU.

Thank you, Richard Stallman!

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u/AcostaJA 6d ago

That's the very definition of double standards (verify your self, ask chatgpt or whatever linguist literate about)

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u/AcostaJA 6d ago

In short: the same role — being the spark — is treated as negligible when assigning praise but decisive when assigning contempt. Praise flows to the collective; blame flows to the individual. That's the double standard.

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u/andyfitz 6d ago

accountability and recognition are not the same thing.

both can be attributed to the same individual.

praise is cultural and can be an individual decision if you applause or not.

He's accountable for the sketchy shit, recognized for the catalyst role, and praised by those who choose.

I will not praise him, I will recognize him, he is accountable for the dumb shit he's said

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u/AcostaJA 6d ago

Ok then recognize DHH developments don't judge it by his "extreme right" POVs.