> I've met him briefly when he did a speaking tour in the UK. > He has a reputation for being direct and taking questions literally - and > that's how I found him. I assume it's just the way he is, some of us are like > that. I think that's part of the reason many people "dislike" him - if you > don't recognise that he's just being direct, some mike mistake it for > rudeness. > > But regardless of what you think of him, and his very rigid attitude to > freedom in software, without him (and others with similar views) we certainly > would not be where we are now. Indeed! Without him who knows if the free software movement even would have started, let alone be as successful as it is...
I may disagree on his views with certain things, but software freedom I most definitely agree with him on for most things. > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng