Namuhla, kuvele izindaba ezimangazayo kakhulu: URichard Stallman wesulile esikhundleni sakhe e-MIT kanye nase-Free Software Foundation (FSF). Lezi zindaba zibikwe yi-TechCrunch, futhi kubonakala sengathi kwakuyisinqumo sikaStallman ngokwakhe ngenxa yengcindezi okusolwa ukuthi ivela ekungaqondani okuthile, ngokusho kukababa wesofthiwe yamahhala.
URichard Stallman ubambe izikhundla eMIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab) kanye nasebhodini leFree Software Foundation selokhu yasungulwa ngo-1985. Manje, uyashiya iMIT futhi uyeka esikhundleni sokuba ngumongameli we-FSF. Lokhu kubonakala kungavamile, kodwa kunencazelo, yize thina emphakathini wesoftware yamahhala sasingazi nhlobo ngezinto ezithile ezenzekayo…
Konke lokhu kuvela kumfundi ophothule e-MIT owashicilela isihloko ku-Medium ngesonto eledlule esinesihloko esithi " Susa uRichard Stallman ." Kuso, wacaphuna i-imeyili evela kuStallman ngokwakhe ephawula ngecala likaMarvin Minsky, uprofesa we-MIT osolwa ngokuhlukumeza ngokocansi. Isisulu esisolwayo sathi saphoqeleka ukuba silale noprofesa egcekeni lika-Epstein. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inethiwekhi yabantwana abangaphansi kweminyaka yayisebenza lapho, kanti uStallman walahlwa yicala lokubandakanyeka kuleyo nethiwekhi.
Lezi zenzo zimbi ngempela ngasohlangothini lukaprofesa. Kodwa ngifuna ukucacisa ukuthi uRichard Stallman akakasolwa noma walahlwa yicala nganoma yini (makungabikho ukudideka), njengoba akwenza nje kwakuwukuphawula ngaleli cala nge-imeyili, njengoba sengishilo kakade. Kodwa imibono yakhe isetshenziswe ngokumelene naye. UStallman uthe " igama elithi 'ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi' alicacile futhi liyashelela " nokuthi isisulu " size kuMinsky ngokuzithandela okuphelele ." Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-MIT ithole uxhaso ku-Epstein ngamanani abonakala edlula lokho abakuvumile obala. Inhloko ye-MIT kanye noStallman ngokwakhe banqume ukuyeka ngenxa yalezi zizathu.
URichard uphawule ukuthi amazwi akhe aholele " ochungechungeni lokungaqondani kanye nokungachazwa kahle kwabantu ," kodwa ngenxa yengcindezi, wagcina esulile esikhundleni. Ngikholwa ukuthi leso yisinqumo esingcono kakhulu uma wenza iphutha, elikhulu noma elincane, lokuhoxa ukuze lingalimazi amaphrojekthi. Abanye bazama ukubambelela ezikhundleni zabo naphezu kwakho konke, futhi lokho kugcina kudala inkinga enkulu...