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Stallman Selling Autographs
UltimaGuy writes "Sports stars, musicians, and other celebrities have been charging for autographs for years, but who would have thought Richard Stallman would be doing the same? Is this just for fun, or a clever, highly effective protest? Hackers, geeks and nerds gathered together at the 7th FISL - Internacional Free Software Forum, in Porto Alegre (Brazil) last week, were astounded when they got word that Richard Stallman, the founding father of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the GPL, was charging R$ 10 (about US$ 3) for an autograph and R$ 5 (less than US$ 2) to get his picture taken by free software enthusiasts at the event floor."
you can be sure it's going into trinkets and geek toys, probably a new macbook.
Well, I was kind of hoping he'd take some of that money and get himself a haircut. Maybe some new clothes if there's enough.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Yeah, well God made RMS so therefore the whole OSS scene is due to God.
How far does this blatant hero worship go?
And you don't think someone else wouldn't have invented a GPL like license in due course?
Yes, he should get credit for doing something nobody else did, that is, kick start the whole OSS scene. He was a significant contributor both in ideals and code. But that was also a VERY LONG TIME AGO.
He's as much a part of most OSS tools today as Alan Turing is.
Tom
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
So what's stopping you?
Or are you one of those people who believe they "deserve" to get extra money after providing the original service, even though you aren't doing any additional work?