The point is that you don't ask a radical to moderate themselves and get a productive result -- it just isn't who they are. Likewise, if Buckley were alive, yo

The point is that you don't ask a radical to moderate themselves and get a productive result -- it just isn't who they are. Likewise, if Buckley were alive, you probably would not have been successful at getting him to become a cheerleader for the tea party mob. The answer to the "out there"-ness of Stallman are the mainstream people and companies that make open source work in the real world. The answer to the maniacs on the opposite side of the argument -- organizations like RIAA and RightHaven, are the content owners who embrace creative commons or make art available at no cost.