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larry bagina writes "It's no secret that rock stars have riders — provisions on their contractual appearances that require a bowl of brown-free M&Ms or specify the exact brand of bottled water, cocaine purity, etc. Well, Richard Stallman has his own quirky list of provisions." Some of the best stuff is at the end, including: "I do not eat breakfast. Please do not ask me any questions about what I will do [for] breakfast. Please just do not bring it up," and "One situation where I do not need help, let alone supervision, is in
crossing streets. I grew up in the middle of the world's biggest
city, full of cars, and I have crossed streets without assistance even
in the chaotic traffic of Bangalore and Delhi. Please just leave me
alone when I cross streets."
He lost his coding chops a couple of decades ago. The current emacs is a rebranded xemacs. The current gcc is a rebranded egcs. He also plays fast and loose with the facts. Contrary to his assertion that he grew up in the worlds' biggest city, he did not grow up in Tokyo, or Yokohama, or even Jakarta.
It's the same with his FUD against linux and android a couple of months ago, saying that they were risky for manufacturers because they weren't GPL3. Totally unfounded (and if linux were to switch to the gplv3, android would have to dump it for a bsd kernel).
With "friends" like that, ready to stab you in the back just to get some attention, who needs enemies?