[hydromet]

Yes partycoder, it sure would be interesting to hear what "neckbeard" RMS has to say about this move by Microsoft today, would it not?

[badminton1]

I think he has a full fledged beard making him not fit into the neckbeard type.

RMS was foresighted enough to make licensing a core part of open source. I have a deep respect for the man.

The Achilles heel for open source software remains to be patents. In that regard I think many proprietary players still have the upper hand.

[cyphar]

> I think he has a full fledged beard making him not fit into the neckbeard type.

> RMS was foresighted enough to make licensing a core part of open source. I have a deep respect for the man.

He founded the free software movement. The open source movement is based on different values (convenience above ethics) which Stallman doesn't agree with.

> The Achilles heel for open source software remains to be patents. In that regard I think many proprietary players still have the upper hand.

Both the GPLv3 and Apache solve this problem. The issue is that too many people are using permissive licenses where it's not appropriate.

[reitanqild]

The Apache License helps in this regards as far as it is used, doesn't it?

[nthcolumn]

On calling people 'neckbeards' (and other pejoratives): https://forums.meteor.com/t/why-no-stack-overflow/20158/16

I think he would say what he has always said about secret software. He's fairly consistent in that regard.

[cyphar]

> Yes partycoder, it sure would be interesting to hear what "neckbeard" RMS has to say about this move by Microsoft today, would it not?

Ignoring your insults toward RMS, you can always send him an email at [e-mail]. He responds within a few days most of the time.