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[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ummm or the authors are concerned about retribution because stallman and the FSF are very powerful in the FOSS community, and I think it's reasonably likely that they would be sued (seemingly with poor grounds) or harassed online for publishing it.