Talk:Richard M. Stallman

RMS E-mail

I wrote an E-mail to RMS hoping he'd find the article humorous and not too offensive. I even asked him to edit some of it (namely the caption for the pic). Anyway, here's the reply I got:

"Some of it is humorous, but it is also rather harsh. I don't like it."

I was laughing my ass off...I might have to use that quote for the pic. Harsh, that is flattery in uncyclopedic terms, I wonder if he realizes that? ;) -- – Mahroww a.k.a. Ernie “Aero-Toy” Smith  05:16, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

You only hurt the ones you love. :) To me, it's a celebrity roast. If he wasn't loved, the article would've never been written, let alone voted to the front page. ~ T. (talk) 05:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

You got an email from RMS? Fantastic! - User:Guest/sig 11:52, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

It is quite easy to get a reply from RMS. Just send him an email about anything. He's quite pleased and apparently happy to answer any of your questions. --DKR::

Please add interwikis

ru:Столлмэн, Ричард Мэтью es:Richard Stallman

Does anybody ever read this talk page? --200.106.209.30

• Added, but why didn't you add them yourself? - User:Guest/sig 00:45, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  • No, Sikon, we finally locked this page so that the illiterate couldn't edit it. It's not the fault of those who kept asking for others to edit it for them.--<<>> 01:28, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Thank you. --200.106.209.30 04:18, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

How about the text under stallman's pic: "Hearken, my brethren! The time has come! Together we shall crush the oppression of proprietary software and free mankind from the evil clutches of corrupt corporations and ugly toilet paper!" :P

Grammar and style edit request

Someone with editing privileges on this article, please change the following line:

In his religion (Scientology), forbids bathing and shaving for non-actors as it is insulting to the gods.

to this:

His religion, Scientology, forbids bathing and shaving for non-actors as it is insulting to the gods.

Thank you.

Trivia suggestion

Someone with appropriate rights could be willing to add the following to the Trivia:

• He actually uses wget to surf the web

This is nearly a fact, except that he doesn't really surf, he retrieves the pages and watches them offine. But he does use wget.Maze 10:32, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion

"Richard Stallman is the creator of GNU, and a 58 year old virgin"