>I recommend all the ethical distros — namely, those that are 100% free software.
i.e.: Any distro that uses anything that I don't like, namely 100% free software, is unethical.
>If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful language is.
If some random person on hacker news came out and said this, we'd call them a buffoon and say they need to get out more. When Richard Stallman says it, we lap up his words and marvel at his terse wit.
Honestly, what the hell are you talking about? He spend his life explaining why non-free software is unethical and providing free software, what this has to do with liking or not liking and what is arrogant about that? There are objective criteria by which non-free software is unethical and he certainly has the right to state his opinions on this.
He crossed the line when he decided OpenBSD is nonfree because the ports tree contains URLs he doesn't like. I take being called unethical as an insult.
True. Lisps are much like snowflakes. Their uniqueness and pervasive symmetry are so important that surely, you cannot Truly Appreciate the snow if you do not examine each flake as if under a microscope to directly apprehend its beautiful symmetry.
Skiers and snowboarders are largely a plague of unappreciative newbies who Don't Understand. They say that you can have "fun" in the snow without this higher-level appreciation. What children they must be.
>I recommend all the ethical distros — namely, those that are 100% free software.
i.e.: Any distro that uses anything that I don't like, namely 100% free software, is unethical.
>If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful language is.
If some random person on hacker news came out and said this, we'd call them a buffoon and say they need to get out more. When Richard Stallman says it, we lap up his words and marvel at his terse wit.