16 September 2019 (Resignation)

To the MIT community,

I am resigning effective immediately from my position in CSAIL at MIT. I am doing this due to pressure on MIT and me over a series of misunderstandings and mischaracterizations.

Richard Stallman



Richard M. Stallman resigns
by Free Software Foundation — Published on Sep 16, 2019 10:08 PM
On September 16, 2019, Richard M. Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, resigned as president and from its board of directors.

The board will be conducting a search for a new president, beginning immediately. Further details of the search will be published on fsf.org.

For questions, contact FSF executive director John Sullivan at johns@fsf.org.


https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns