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Somebody made a post promoting the proprietary search engine they are working on, claiming in the post that it “would make Stallman smile”. In a comment below the post they said that they made the statement about Stallman to “drive engagement”. The post was later removed for promoting proprietary software.

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At the top is a screenshot from the modlog saying:

Removed Post We’re building a search engine to compete with DuckDuckGo. No JS, no WASM, no spying. Just a statically generated results page.
reason: Comm rule 2: Don’t promote proprietary software

Below that is an image of Stallman smiling.

  • SuperDuper@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    proprietary search engine

    it “would make Stallman smile”

    So do they just know absolutely nothing about RMS?

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      8 months ago

      maybe they’re really into creepy sexist jokes and defending paedophiles and they figured RMS would overlook the licensing to support some fellow travelers…

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        8 months ago

        Dude is 71 years old and has dedicated his life to establishing and promoting free software. Let it go. The only creep here is you.