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Another reason Free Software is important (lemmy.world)

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[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I can think of a pretty good reason why Ian Murdock isn't there.

[–] jabeez@lemmy.today 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Huh, TIL, how sad.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Its a really weird story. He kind of lost it, cops picked him up for banging on a neighbor's door, he said they beat him and started tweeting the n word then killed himself to "send a message". I'm honestly surprised there aren't all sorts of conspiracy theories around it.

[–] jabeez@lemmy.today 11 points 14 hours ago

Crazy, can't believe I never heard about it.