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What's Up With FSF VP Bradley M. Kuhn?

Posted by Roblimo on from the behind-the-man-in-the-spotlight dept.

There's more to the Free Software Foundation than Richard M. Stallman, you know. Like bkuhn, AKA Bradley M. Kuhn, who has been a full-time employee of the organization since February '01 and has taken over some of the duties that were previously RMS's exclusive province. Got a question for bkuhn about the FSF -- or anything else? Post it below. We'll select 10 of the highest-moderated questions, forward them to bkuhn, and post his replies as soon as we get them back.

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  1. Moderators: please mod the parent down. by Lejade · · Score: 2, Informative

    Alewando's comment is totally irrelevant: the FSF is a non-profit and therefore does not have the same preoccupations as a business. It lives on donations and does not have a "business model" but a goal.
    Also, the FSF is over 15 years old now, and I fail to see how it can be related to the tech bubble burst in any meaningful way.

  2. Re:Question for the GNU project: by coleSLAW · · Score: 3, Informative
    The GNU kernel is currently the HURD. It's a beautiful system that's built on top of GNU Mach. I've a friend who's running it at this very moment. It's his primary development machine.

    For more information, look at the GNU Hurd site. You should also check out Debian GNU/Hurd.

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  3. Re:"Raving Lunatic" Image? by Gehenna_Gehenna · · Score: 2, Informative

    The trem Pinko actually came from President Dick Nixon who, while as a senator, had accussed a certain communist sympathiser of beng a "Pink Lady" (Pink as in almost "red" i.e. communist). Thus the term "pinko", a shortened version of the insinuation.

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  4. "Better Dead than Red" by Bilbo · · Score: 2, Informative
    > You shouldn't use words you clearly don't know the definition of.

    While it's obviously true that words often change their meanings over time, the term "pinko" was originally a reference to suspected Communist sympathizers, originating in the McCarthy era and subsequent purges shortly after WWII. They weren't "Red" (i.e., actual Communist Party members), but they were supposedly sympathetic to Communist views (i.e., "Pink"). Of course, the McCarthy trials turned into witch hunts, but that's a subject for another day...

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  5. Re:"Raving Lunatic" Image? by Mike+Schiraldi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nice theory, but Messrs. Merriam and Webster disagree.

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