# rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.github.io

An open letter in support of Richard Matthew Stallman being reinstated by the Free Software Foundation

Repository: https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.github.io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rms-support-lettergithubio
Homepage: https://rms-support-letter.github.io/
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-11-24T04:24:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1989, "days_push": 1743, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2285, forks 4081 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:34.020438+00:00)

## What it is
A GitHub Pages website hosting an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman's reinstatement to the Free Software Foundation board, where supporters sign by submitting YAML files via pull requests. It is a community petition project rather than reusable software, with a small Python tooling component and translations in dozens of languages.

## Use cases
- sign an open letter supporting Richard Stallman's FSF reinstatement
- collect petition signatures via GitHub pull requests
- host a multilingual petition website on GitHub Pages
- find chatrooms and communities supporting free software activism
- revoke a previously submitted petition signature

## When to choose
- you want to view or sign the RMS support letter
- you need a reference example of a PR-based signature collection workflow
- you are researching the 2021 free software community controversy

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained or general-purpose software
- you want a turnkey petition platform with a signature backend
- you need anything beyond the static letter and signed YAML data

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation, static-site-generator
- domain: developer-tools, documentation
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: petition, open-letter, free-software, richard-stallman, fsf, github-pages, signature-collection, community-activism, web-server

## Member repositories
- rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.github.io (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.020438+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:41:04.827667+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.github.io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:34.020438+00:00, sha 062aedeaf21a)
  - homepage: https://rms-support-letter.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:21:18.095744+00:00, sha d6d7e5d5876a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.