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Originally Posted by thirdm
Which gives some weight to the idea Richard Stallman has had significant influence on developers when you consider the apparent motivations (...)
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Ok, he's got a real influence, but why ?
- He's got good ideas and really worries on how to apply them...
- He's got a big mouth, bigger than the others, and speaks louder than the others...
- He and FSF are big and heavy actors on stage, don't let much place for the others free foundations.
For me, it's clearly #2 and #3 : replace the FSF/GNU/GPL staff by any BSD staff, and see.
I don't think the motivations would change a lot, nor the result
(except the licenses).