No, it isn't relevant. He's used that handle for about 40 years, but you can't use that to conclude much about his position on any current issue. He was a co-founder of Cygnus Support (which eventually merged with Red Hat), and the name was a recursive acronym for Cygnus: Your GNU Support.
True, just thought it might give some insight into recent pain points, Gilmore's email at the eff is gnu after all :)
No, it isn't relevant. He's used that handle for about 40 years, but you can't use that to conclude much about his position on any current issue. He was a co-founder of Cygnus Support (which eventually merged with Red Hat), and the name was a recursive acronym for Cygnus: Your GNU Support.
I disagree, it is relevant, just not directly related. It's relevant through an idelogical lens.
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Nice, didn't know that detail, always something new, thx.