Bradley M. Kuhn was one of the few who wrote a good retrospective in public and his own role. I can not imagine that he showed up at libre planet this year to receive his deserved award if he knew upfront that rms was back on the fsf board...
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There's some extremely heavy subtext in Conservancy's press release about it, which was published after the news: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2021/mar/22/fsf-award-bkuhn/
> In his acceptance speech, Bradley gave advice to software freedom activists, noting that all should follow a few simple principles: take care in the words they choose in their communications, be prepared to "speak truth to power" (both to powerful proprietary software companies and to other Free Software leaders), stubbornly refuse to use or develop proprietary software, and find ways to bolster and coordinate with other important social justice causes, such as those that seek to ameliorate systemic bias and combat climate change.
> Bradley also acknowledged that his work in collaboration with Conservancy's Executive Director, Karen Sandler, has allowed them “to achieve accomplishments in Free Software that neither of [them] could achieve working alone”. While thrilled to receive this individual honor, Bradley views his collaboration with Karen and Conservancy's staff as an excellent example of how software freedom activism is bigger than any single individual's achievements or views. Bradley added: “we succeed with the best results for the future of software freedom when we work together, set aside personal ambition, and reject cult of personality.”