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RMS has a role to play precisely because he is unyielding and refuses to be pragmatic. Most of us here are pragmatists. We are trying to get things done as bes

RMS has a role to play precisely because he is unyielding and refuses to be pragmatic. Most of us here are pragmatists. We are trying to get things done as best as we can. Therefore we shouldn't follow his advice. But we should take it into consideration. "This is what could be"

mindslight 8y ago
That's not really what I'm saying. In so far as I invoked pragmatism, it's only about what's pragmatic to get people to adopt Free software. Even RMS engages in pragmatism, hence calling "Free" his T400 with non-Free storage! From https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/criteria https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/criteria > However, there is an exception for secondary embedded processors. The exception applies to software delivered inside auxiliary and low-level processors and FPGAs, within which software installation is not intended after the user obtains the product. This can include, for instance, microcode inside a processor, firmware built into an I/O device, or the gate pattern of an FPGA. The software in such secondary processors does not count as product software.