[flatline]

It has been this way as long as I've been cognizant of his views; he has always been something of a radical. It just used to be that there was one predominant party at which to take aim (Microsoft). Now there are dozens of targets that have sprung up, which legitimately deserve some of the criticisms he levels against them: the walled gardens of cell phone ecosystems, rampant DRM, and opaque social media sites for which your data is their primary source of revenue. As more of our lives continually revolve around digital media, there are more opportunities for abuse. Stallman has been rigidly consistent in his basic message over the years, and he has never been particularly constructive.

[trotsky]

he has never been particularly constructive

yeah. i mean except for the part where his actions directly lead to one of the most significant changes in technology in a generation.

[flatline]

Yes, I should have said, not constructive in his criticisms, but you are right, he has done a ton of stuff outside of his public speaking that has been huge and actually belies my statement to a large extent.

[Kim_Bruning]

What makes you say he has been non-constructive? I can think of GNU, Emacs, The GPL, FSF etc. off the top of my head.