[tomohawk]

There's nothing on his site about it, but it is interesting to browse.

http://www.toad.com/gnu/

[vfclists]

Reads like he would be a good friend of Stallman. No record of defending friends with shady friends though.

[gumby]

Yes, John is a very good friend of RMS’s.

[bifrost]

John is entirely unlike RMS if you've ever met either of them.

[gumby]

I am not sure I would say “entirely unlike” even though their economic philosophies are literally poles apart. And they are friends despite these differences.

I’ve known rms since 1978 (back before he stopped cutting his hair) and have started two companies with John. I know the kind sides of each of them which are unfortunately often not mentioned these days.

[bifrost]

Does sound like you know him better than I do :)

Back in the early 2000s I was the guy helping sort out John's open email relay complaints at my ISP. A few other random things too. We hosted the EFF and Internet Archive so my life was pretty busy. I've been less of a fan of the EFF over the years as they've adopted some fights that I think they're on the wrong side of (IE: fighting for censorship) but... ohwell...

[phoneperson]

Do you have an example of eff fighting for censorship?