The part that bothers me is that I once went and saw an rms talk and within five minutes one thing was overwhelmingly clear to me.
The dude clearly suffers from some kind of high functioning autism. Aspergers, whatever, it's just clear he doesn't think about social interactions the same way most other people do.
Which given the kind of audience of nerds and geeks that he is front of I would expect to be a little bit more understanding or patient but – I guess in the end we're all just moneys jockeying for social status.
Frankly, once I realized the above almost all of the rms mocking comes off as being extremely mean spirited.
I don't know. Not to come off as mean spirited, but when someone puts themselves in the public spotlight, sends out requests to speak, then sends a list of demands in addition to...
I'm all in favor of principled people. But if nothing else, the public ribbing should actually HELP his cause - he is turning people off by virtue of what he's saying and doing. If he actually listens, he might find himself a little bit more persuasive about his principles
If anything that rider clearly and loudly signals "I am eccentric and have a faulty amount of social awareness, please be advised". So, it seems to do the job it's meant for :P.
The dude clearly suffers from some kind of high functioning autism. Aspergers, whatever, it's just clear he doesn't think about social interactions the same way most other people do.
Which given the kind of audience of nerds and geeks that he is front of I would expect to be a little bit more understanding or patient but – I guess in the end we're all just moneys jockeying for social status.
Frankly, once I realized the above almost all of the rms mocking comes off as being extremely mean spirited.