[julian37]

I didn't think you were trying to make fun of the issue, but I have to admit that I replied because it bugged me a little that the topmost comment (which your GP comment is as I'm writing this) was about RMS's lack of humour.

I'm not an RMS fanboy, nor a GPL or GNU fanboy for that matter, but I do admire him for being principled and taking a stand in spite of his position becoming less and less popular in the past few years, if I detect the prevailing sentiment correctly. And I'm getting a bit tired of seeing many people taking cracks at his beard, hygiene, lack of humor, etc. instead of taking him up on the specific issues he's raising.

But again, I didn't think you were trying to do that, your lighthearted comment in a prominent position just prompted me to reply.

Cheers!

EDIT: oh, I see now, it's because of the bit about "spoiling a good joke". Sorry, I mainly added that to make it sound a bit less dry and pedantic, nothing worse than that when replying to a comment about lack of humour!