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197 points pkilgore | 2 comments | 14 Oct 24 14:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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neptune22 ◴[14 Oct 24 17:41 UTC] No.41839845[source]▶
This is really great work getting all of the evidence into one place. Really helpful, thanks. I really like the focus on the victims.

I am a previous PhD student who worked under Marvin Minsky, and I do believe that there is no evidence that Minsky was present for any sexual misconduct, and some of the quotes about Minksy do not mention that there is no evidence of Minsky's sexual misconduct. I believe the quotes about Minsky unfairly harm Minsky's reputation.

Again, this is great work, and I'm mostly nitpicking from my very particular perspective as someone who has worked directly under Minsky.

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1. stallman_report ◴[14 Oct 24 21:07 UTC] No.41842015[source]▶
We reviewed our references to Minsky throughout the report and felt that we could indeed improve the presentation of the quotes which mention him, and we have done so.

However, I will state just for the record here that our researchers have looked into the allegations regarding Minsky and do not feel comfortable exonerating him or standing up to defend his reputation, as it were -- we find the evidence plausible, but not conclusive. But our report is about Stallman, not Minsky, so we have not made a point of it in the report.

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2. mikrotikker ◴[21 Oct 24 14:31 UTC] No.41904581[source]▶
Richard Stallman is the giant whose shoulders we all stand on. Without him, would Linux have been such a success?

Your hit piece is dishonest, disingenuous and is a clear attempt at a hostile takeover of the FSF. You should feel shame for what you are doing here.

If it were an honest report you would all attach your names to it but instead you operate in the dark.