>From: "Robert Snyder" <robertsnyder@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] wanted: hacker for small SFD script
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:10:28 -0400
>
>How about not scaring people way from opensource by not showing them the
>RMS
>video. RMS is a nutjob and people will precieve opensource as something
>used by created by Nutjobs (note all programmers be it open source or
>closed
>source but they dont know that. )
>
>Microsoft should do the opensource community a favor and let RMS sleep with
>the fishes at the bottom of Lake Bill.
RMS is the cornerstone of the Free Software movement. His contribution to
projects like GNU (especially the GPL license), and the FSF have made a
tremendous impact on the IT industry around the world. Most likely everyone
in SLUG has directly benefited from his work. Yes, he can be a
little...eccentric. But even so, I think that he has more than earned our
respect and gratitude.
I found a nice video recording of RMS explaining the definition of Free
Software and its benefits. I cannot imagine a person who is better suited to
address the topic of Free Software at a Software Freedom Day event than RMS
himself.
Jonathon
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