You're the second person either intentionally misconstruing or misunderstanding.
I am saying that things like personal belief shouldn't factor into the hiring decision at all. Leave those at the door.
There may be some beliefs that are relevant to the job, so they are not personal. Though you could in theory work for an organization even if you don't believe in its goals - a lot of software developers working for certain companies would probably like to claim this defense.
Nobody gives a damn about Stallman's beliefs. He got booted because of his behavior. Specifically, his Epstein apologia and general hostility towards women in open source.
Googling Stallman + Epstein will find you the whole debacle.
He was taking a literalist stance, and he did change his mind. Maybe. Not sure.
Hostile stance to women is also wrong, he's not approving of feminist "pink programming" attempts. Totally not the same thing. Can be found as well in the depths of the internet. Mostly mailing lists.
However he had some seriously hot takes on #MeToo. Taken as a whole, this points to reactionary antifeminism.
People are quick to misjudge, misattribute and bandwagon these days. This causes spillover hurting free software movement.
Because every activist must be an angel and every platform squeaky clean.
He made no apologoes for Epstein or any behavior or mistreatment of women. He merely pointed out no one had any business saying Minsky sexually assaulted anyone until proof positive rolled in.
> Googling Stallman + Epstein will find you the whole debacle.
So basically you admit you can't provide any proof of "Epstein apologia." It's actually quite sad educated people fall for media headlines and are not interested in the truth. The truth is important, we must not ignore it.
I am saying that things like personal belief shouldn't factor into the hiring decision at all. Leave those at the door.
There may be some beliefs that are relevant to the job, so they are not personal. Though you could in theory work for an organization even if you don't believe in its goals - a lot of software developers working for certain companies would probably like to claim this defense.