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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by suprgeek on Sunday June 26, 2016 @10:29PM (#11983868)
He is not "wrapping" the very language. He is trying to correct the semantic imbalance that is tilted towards the $100 Billion corporation. The thing you need to grok about RMS is that he is a purist.

This fact strikes many people as stubborn, too idealistic, impractical etc - except that from RMS perspective it is the least he could do to stay true to himself.

Also consider this - the world of software has been infinitely enriched by RMS (and the like) so he has the absolute right to put forth arguments with the expectation that software developers pay attention.

Facebook on the other hand has not done so - to put it mildly.

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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by pyre on Monday June 27, 2016 @12:09AM (#11984171)
Is it the angry punk on the street corner screaming at you that convinces you to stop eating meat? Or the reasonable person that cooks you a tasty vegan meal and can hold a conversation with you?

Just because the person has some amount of credentials doesn't change this fact. It's more about how people work than anything else.

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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by ktRolster on Monday June 27, 2016 @02:28AM (#11984477)
RMS is both.....emacs and gcc and the GNU userland, etc are the tasty meal.
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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by stephenr on Monday June 27, 2016 @04:36AM (#11984865)
> expectation that software developers pay attention

RMS doesn't have an expectation that devs pay attention.

He has a pre-disposed opinion that he is absolutely ethically and morally right, and that we snivelling shits should be glad to have the opportunity to accept his humble offerings of knowledge.

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