• Eldritch@piefed.world
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      5 months ago

      Eeeeeh, contribute to Rossman directly if you can. That whole Futo setup is sketch as hell. I have my dislikes with Rossman, but he genuinely seems to be fighting the right fight.

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        5 months ago

        Can you elaborate? I don’t really follow him closely but feel like he’s fighting for what’s right. I saw another commenter said he wasn’t affiliated anymore…

        • Eldritch@piefed.world
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          5 months ago

          There a lot going on there. This link is one of the better write-ups.

          Basically it comes down to misrepresenting funding/donations. Misrepresenting licensing. And open association with tech bro fascists like Yarvin. Rossman has had issues in the past himself. Though small enough and few enough outside his association with futo to not be too problematic. Enough that I can support his right to repair work. Just not Futo.

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            5 months ago

            I’m sorry, I tried to digest that write-up, but its just a spiteful personal wall of bs full of fringe leftist commentary and hate; the dude can’t hold himself from insulting anyone he names in there because they somehow don’t share his whatever perfect view of how everything is supposed to be. I can’t take this kind of bs, i didn’t even got to the third paragraph and already wanted to slap the guy and tell him to chill-dfq-off lmao.

            If someone has a point, make the point, prove it, and then come up with the opinion based on that. (Like X did Y, hence X is an asshole.)

            But in this case its quite clear the writeup is an “opinion first” look for proofs after situation.

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              5 months ago

              FUTO is run by a fascist and abuses the spirit of open source.

              I’m sorry your feelings were too fragile to get that far, it’s actually quite a thorough writeup.

    • gedfromgont@piefed.ca
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      5 months ago

      Didn’t he drop out again? Answering my own question with a quick search, yes, he did:

      2025, Rossmann left FUTO and co-founded the FULU (Freedom from Unethical Limitations on Users) Foundation, a 501©(4) non-profit advocacy organisation focused on digital ownership rights

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rossmann