> How popular would gnu be if it had someone who was better at communication involved? Also, how popular would gnu be if the US had a copyright reform, or if w

> How popular would gnu be if it had someone who was better at communication involved? Also, how popular would gnu be if the US had a copyright reform, or if we lived in a fairy world with unicorns? There is no point to such questions: if there ever was a person who could be a worthy replacement of rms at the helm of FSF, they preferred to remain invisible. So the most plausible scenario is not "someone like rms but better", it's "nobody remotely as good at all".