> Stallman has been spreading the word about free software. All around the
world.
Correct. He gives himself a luxurious life as a traveler of the world's big
cities, where people celebrate him for his past contributions (Emacs, GNU,
the GNU GPL, etc.), achievements of an era long gone.
Oh, and as part of his never-ending voyage he talks (sometimes for hours)
about a topic that is literally a few clicks away from nearly anybody (there
is plenty of information about free software online).
> He thinks new issues and writes about them too:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/essays-and-articles.html
This is just an euphemism for “he complains about what is wrong with
computers (w.r.t. software freedom) and asks that other people (never him!)
do something about it!”. What has he done to solve the problems that he
complains about: Intel ME, graphic cards firmware, proprietary JS, etc.? As
far as I know, nothing.
> What have you "personally contributed in the last year to free software"?
Should I call you "lazy and unwilling to move a finger"?
First, note that what I do has no bearing on my critique to Stallman.
Believing otherwise would be the ad hominem fallacy.
In the last year I have contributed mostly fixes of software errors (the so
called “bugs”) to existing free software projects. In a public project I
have published computer-verified proofs in higher order logic (HOL4,
specifically). However I will not elaborate on my contributions because again
this is irrelevant to the discussion.
