[Discuss] Stallman stubborn

Peter Olson peabo at peabo.com
Wed Nov 11 23:54:50 EST 2015


> On November 11, 2015 at 12:39 PM MBR <mbr at arlsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> About Stallman being "stubborn", I think that's a good thing, or at 
> least a necessary thing.  He is, after all, the founder of a movement 
> that has had worldwide impact.

Eben Moglen (formerly a lawyer for the FSF) once told a story at an FSF dinner
that when he reached an impasse during a GPL enforcement meeting he found it
helpful to say "You can talk to me or you can talk to Richard."  Most people
would rather talk with Eben in those circumstances :-)

peter



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