A few hours ago, Richard Stallman announced his immediate resignation from the position of leader of the GNU project on his personal website without providing any reasons. Notably, just two days ago he stated that he remains in charge of the GNU project and has no intention of leaving this position. It is not ruled out that the message in question is vandalism posted by an outsider following a hack of the stallman.org website. For example, it's strange that the announcement was made not in the GNU mailing list, but on a personal site with marginal notes. The link to the resignation message is also dated back to September 27 for some visitors.
Some users also mention the appearance of strange notes on the website linking to an article attacking Stallman and a defamatory video about him. Addition: It is most likely that the message was posted after the stallman.org was hacked by malicious actors, the traces of whose activity in yesterday's copy of the main page in the Internet Archive. The link 'donate to the Free Software Foundation' leads to a provocative video, and the link on the inscriptions 'Richard Stallman' in the header points
to accusations against Stallman, which led to his being forced to the position of president of the Free Software Foundation. However, the information about his departure has not yet been confirmed or denied by Stallman himself, who may possibly be traveling (a day before the announcement of his removal from the GNU leadership, a note was also posted on his site about searching for a room in Boston). A few hours ago, Richard Stallman announced without explanation on his personal website. Note
for some users.
Source: opennet.ru
