How influential is Richard Stallman?

>he's the unofficial mascot of the linux community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sJUDx7iEJw

As influential as a speaker who speaks logic.

>>55613759
>Shower singing in public
respect

>>55613667
pretty influential as a commie bastard.

he and his jewgle overlord successfully brainwashed thousands of nerds who became willing to let his intellectual property owned by megacorp under the guise of """"freedom"""" , """"everyone have a right to it"""""

>>55613667
99% of the population hasn't heard of his name. judge for yourself.

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>>55613667
He is about as influencial as Al Sharpton. About as fat. About as loud- mouthed. About as wrong-headed

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>>55613667
Install Gentoo

>How influential is Richard Stallman?
Less than he thinks, but more than /g/ thinks.

>>55615188
Stallman is a pessimist. He'd rather go out, do something and have nobody listen rather than to do nothing and lose by default.

>>55615188
Well put

It's closer to say that he's well known rather than influential.
That said, his free software philosophy really is important.
Everything he said 30 years ago about software is coming true.

he's not a communist. he just wants open hardware and software, not open everything. gnu, fsf and open source are everywhere because of him. nobody outside those circles actually cares tho.

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>>55615103

>mfw RMS can't even install GAHNOO/Linooks

>>55613939

The velvet underground is influential not because the people who listen to music listened to them, they're influential because the people who make music listened to them.

>>55613939
99% of the population hasn't heard of anyone but the Kardashins

Influential is the wrong word. He has been on CNN, talks to upcoming leaders (referring to his university world tours) and tons of other things. He is being heard by many people, but it falling on deaf ears.

It is along the same lines of green and renewable energy. Yes everyone would love to have something that doesn't destroy the planet. Are they willing to solar convert their home at great loss to get off the grid? Usually not so much

>>55616848
sorry,
Should read convert their home at financial loss to get off the grid.

Not very. He's a fat slob of a commie and most people of any true influence wisely ignore him and his propaganda.

He's a large part of why Linux sucks.

>>55613667
Fairly influential. He's a weirdo, but he's also done some really impressive things. His ideas are important even if he sucks at expressing them.

>>55616181
Even if he were a communist, he'd be the good kind. He isn't calling for violent revolution or government control. He's calling for freedom, democracy, and voluntary association.

>>55616966
I don't think he likes communism actually. I think there are some posts on stallman.org against it iirc

Communism means equal sharing of a thing, and that means they can take what you have more than them

In the digital world, whenever something takes a thing, it also stays there in it's original location. That's the purpose of copy and paste.

In the real world, when something is taken, it doesn't stay. That's an example of cut and paste.

>>55613759
You'll beeee free HACKERS you'll beeeee freeee

To all the retards calling Stallman a communist, he's a fucking libertarian.

>>55613667
I wouldn't advertise that cup ib Europe.
It literally means #crap coffee# in some languages.