People have brought up those previous comments of RMS' in the past but a lot of the community would not discuss them / reacted rather negatively to them. The news stories helped push all this out into the open.

I contend that someone who thinks that an adult should not be allowed to enter into contracts regarding software / be punished for doing so "If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs." yet thinks that a 10/11 year old should be allowed to pick their sex partners is something that should be openly discussed.