[cube13]

Not really. Linus isn't a Free Software zealot in the way that the FSF is. He's too pragmatic for that.

EDIT: Downvotes? Really? Linus isn't a Free Software advocate in the way that the FSF wants their people to be. He's a serious open source and GPLv2 advocate, but that's where it stops. He is not the kind of person that the FSF would give this award to.

[twelvechairs]

(in case you don't know) I think the downvotes will be for the implication of the FSF being unpragmatic zealots. Obviously many don't share this view.

[falling]

If they don’t share that view, I think they fail to understand what the FSF is all about.

I’m fairly certain RMS itself would agree that the ideal of freedom they fight and advocate for is to be followed without compromising to practical inconveniences.

[erikpukinskis]

Just because you don't see the conveniences in having a full Free Software stack doesn't mean they don't exist.

[falling]

What? Of course there are. That is not what I meant. If you choose to use a full Free Software stack, you'll have to face some inconveniences: fewer hardware choices, different or unavailable software and codecs, etc.

Easy examples: if you choose to run a completely free system most of the videos on the web today are unavailable to you (even counting the few YouTube converted to WebM), as are essentially all games on any platform. Also, you cannot have a smartphone (I think even OpenMoko needs a binary blob). These are inconveniences.

RMS thinks freedom has higher value than having the ability to choose whatever hardware you want, so he picked the only laptop available with free firmware.

[bad_user]

One acronym ... LGPL

[erikpukinskis]

Matz isn't a zealot either, so your argument is obviously flawed.