[not2b]

No, it isn't relevant. He's used that handle for about 40 years, but you can't use that to conclude much about his position on any current issue. He was a co-founder of Cygnus Support (which eventually merged with Red Hat), and the name was a recursive acronym for Cygnus: Your GNU Support.

[bsedlm]

I disagree, it is relevant, just not directly related. It's relevant through an idelogical lens.

[not2b]

But Gilmore and RMS had very different ideologies. They mostly agreed about the importance of free software for empowering users, but their definitions of freedom had many differences: Gilmore's a strong libertarian, RMS is a social democrat.

[bsedlm]

yes. there's a hint on the ideology under attack in your observation. empowered users are dangerous to real-life systems. best keep such power in the hands of a select few properly credentialed engineers.

[gego]

Nice, didn't know that detail, always something new, thx.