Selling off foundational relics to private bidders is imho a sign that an organization is done.
throwaway81523 1 days ago [-]
I'm also cringing over this. I wondered for a moment if there was a sudden desperate need to raise money, but I think the amount involved won't be enough to matter. I guess there is not much point in asking RMS what is going on.
D'oh, they already did last year. So maybe just clearing out their storage.
perihelions 1 days ago [-]
The linked XKCD's are #225 "Open Source" and #239 "Blagofaire" (the one with Cory Doctorow in a hot-air-balloon). Stallman-with-a-katana also shows up in the five-part arc #341-345 "1337". (I don't know if there were others?)
Selling off foundational relics to private bidders is imho a sign that an organization is done.
D'oh, they already did last year. So maybe just clearing out their storage.
https://xkcd.com/341/
I'm inferring the real-life katana was a joke based on #225 (and maybe Randall Munroe wrote it in again in reference to the real-life object).