The developers even posted an open letter in March demanding that Stallman be removed from the fund. He was accused of misogyny, transphobia and ailism. Stallman’s statement that “if the fetus has Down syndrome, you should have an abortion and try again” is cited as an example of aipism. Stallman also said that transgender people “don’t have to use the pronoun ‘they’.”

Today, April 18, the Debian project announced the results of the developer vote on Richard Stallman. As a result, Debian decided not to make a public statement about the situation. But the developers of the project can be against Stallman at will.

After Stallman returned to the fund, many companies left the organization and stopped funding it. In April, Richard Stallman apologized to the community for his behavior, explaining his problems with social interaction.