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by yahelc 5529 days ago
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....

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Yuck.
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".