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I don't want to be "that guy" but, here in Italy, I have heard of several accounts of Stallmans visiting local Linux User Groups (full of his "fans"), and he wo

I don't want to be "that guy" but, here in Italy, I have heard of several accounts of Stallmans visiting local Linux User Groups (full of his "fans"), and he would have them pay for his dinner or he wouldn't go. Although I understand his point: - I find pay toilets cleaner and I am not sure it is worth delving into changing the national policy of better maintained free clean toilets with all the problem we want to see addressed first; - I am starting to think his addressing to "proprietary" stuff is more related to "avoid paying" than defending what is free.

Normal_gaussian 10y ago
> I don't want to be "that guy" but, here in Italy, I have heard of several accounts of Stallmans visiting local Linux User Groups (full of his "fans"), and he would have them pay for his dinner or he wouldn't go. So just like any touring speaker? > - I am starting to think his addressing to "proprietary" stuff is more related to "avoid paying" than defending what is free. This view is false. You should read more of what he has written, especially in regard to 'free' services that are only financially free.
zeroxfe 10y ago
> I don't want to be "that guy" but, here in Italy, I have heard of several accounts of Stallmans visiting local Linux User Groups (full of his "fans"), and he would have them pay for his dinner or he wouldn't go. That doesn't sound unreasonable to me -- it's probably the least "fans" could do to have a celebrity at their event, which he's going out of his way to attend.
oelmekki 10y ago
> he would have them pay for his dinner or he wouldn't go I assume this means he was not paid for his intervention otherwise? That sounds perfectly reasonable to me. In my city, there is a big punk squat/concert room which does not pay bands for playing, but they provide them with shelter and food. That's like, the minimum when you ask someone to come. Also, I wouldn't see myself inviting friends to my place and ask them to pay for their food.

Normal_gaussian 10y ago

> I don't want to be "that guy" but, here in Italy, I have heard of several accounts of Stallmans visiting local Linux User Groups (full of his "fans"), and he would have them pay for his dinner or he wouldn't go. So just like any touring speaker? > - I am starting to think his addressing to "proprietary" stuff is more related to "avoid paying" than defending what is free. This view is false. You should read more of what he has written, especially in regard to 'free' services that are only financially free.

zeroxfe 10y ago

> I don't want to be "that guy" but, here in Italy, I have heard of several accounts of Stallmans visiting local Linux User Groups (full of his "fans"), and he would have them pay for his dinner or he wouldn't go. That doesn't sound unreasonable to me -- it's probably the least "fans" could do to have a celebrity at their event, which he's going out of his way to attend.

oelmekki 10y ago

> he would have them pay for his dinner or he wouldn't go I assume this means he was not paid for his intervention otherwise? That sounds perfectly reasonable to me. In my city, there is a big punk squat/concert room which does not pay bands for playing, but they provide them with shelter and food. That's like, the minimum when you ask someone to come. Also, I wouldn't see myself inviting friends to my place and ask them to pay for their food.