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Comment by gego

4 years ago

True, just thought it might give some insight into recent pain points, Gilmore's email at the eff is gnu after all :)

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not2b  4 years ago

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.

  • bsedlm  4 years ago

    I disagree, it is relevant, just not directly related. It's relevant through an idelogical lens.

    • not2b  4 years ago

      But Gilmore and RMS had very different ideologies. They mostly agreed about the importance of free software for empowering users, but their definitions of freedom had many differences: Gilmore's a strong libertarian, RMS is a social democrat.

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