[cgray4]

I don't think an honorary doctorate entitles one to be referred to as Dr. In fact, most people with doctorates that I know would rather not be referred to as Dr. In the case of this article, it seems like the author is trying to be overly-formal in the manner of a Keith Olbermann rant.

[yahelc]

Seems like he's referred to frequently as 'Dr. Stallman', including on gnu.org.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22Dr....

[cgray4]

Yuck.

[cookiecaper]

While I know that the regular practice is to refrain from calling recipients of honorary doctorates "doctor", I think that in some cases it's reasonable. Stallman is definitely more deserving of the title than many "real" Dr.s that you'd find.

Maybe universities need a new class of degree called "honorary doctorate and we mean it for this guy".

[vacri]

My old supervisor hated using 'Dr' for PhDs and said that the only use the honorific had for him was in getting a nicer table at a restaurant.