Well done, Richard!

Well done, Richard!

Posted Nov 22, 2005 2:36 UTC (Tue) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322)
In reply to: Well done, Richard! by cventers
Parent article: Richard Stallman's Tin-Foil Hat (Bruce Perens' Journal)

> the GPL, and the extremist philosophy, are why open source
> thrives like it does today

The only extremism in Stallman's philosophy is his unwillingness to give
up Franklin's "essential liberty".


> Some may think me crazy for saying this, but Richard
> Stallman for president!

There's a story (possibly apocryphal) that Noam Chomsky was once asked if
he'd like to be the President. He demurred, saying he would soon enough
have to impeach himself for all the war crimes he was about to commit.

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