His activism is quite bad for profits and that makes some people angry at him.
This indirectly led to him being accused of being a sexual predator but it doesnt mean he actually is one.
This indirectly led to him being accused of being a sexual predator but it doesnt mean he actually is one.
The attacks on his character and the noisy tantrum Google had over AGPL a few years ago (e.g. even banning it from their own version of github for a while) are manifestations of the same desire to see him and his movement nullified.
A watered down FSF run by an inoffensive do-nothing would be a better outcome for big tech than leaving him in charge. Hence the all the attempts to cancel him, including via cynically hijacking #metoo.