https://stallman.org/glossary.html#corrupter
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/universities-trump-compact
*Sticks are bad, but sometimes corruption through carrots is worse.* The "compact" that the corrupter in chief is offering to universities would surrender their academic freedom and leave little chance for a court case to restore it.
Richard Stallman
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