On the other side of the medal LLVM/clang more or less only exists because RMS for a very long time vetoed against a plugin framework in gcc in fear of non-free

On the other side of the medal LLVM/clang more or less only exists because RMS for a very long time vetoed against a plugin framework in gcc in fear of non-free ones. One could say he took the project hostage for political means. I think it's generally a good thing that RMS takes a rather radical stance on his ideas but sometimes being too stubborn can lead in the opposite direction.