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by haloux 2764 days ago
Free software messiah? OP is laying it on a bit thick with that one.
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drcode 2764 days ago
If it was "free software prophet" I would be fully on board: I think RMS was way ahead of the curve in foreseeing many of our future dilemmas around privacy, software patents, DRM, the open source movement, and many others.
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rout39574 2764 days ago
Or maybe "saint".
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jammygit 2764 days ago
Saint Ignucius I hope you mean ;)
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toyg 2764 days ago
Can't be a saint until he's dead.
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boomboomsubban 2763 days ago
One of the definitions of messiah is

>a professed or accepted leader of some hope or cause

Seems like an apt description of Stallman, and I'm guessing you were more aware of the Jewish king definition.

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