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Re:An elegy for GNU and RMS by CJefferson on Sunday October 02, 2022 @03:13AM (#33053691)
The problem is, how many people has Stallman personally put off working in GNU software? Certainly me, and at least two of my friends. I can't know exactly, but I bet lots of others.
Re:An elegy for GNU and RMS by patrick451 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:46PM (#33062951)
Maybe you aren't the sort of contributors he wants. If RMS were more milquetoast, perhaps you and your friends would contribute, but at what cost? How many hardcore free software zealots would be repelled?