Regarding the rigid commitments, I don't agree that reading HN means that (although of course I doubt that _anyone_ shares rms's full rigid commitment). Regard

Regarding the rigid commitments, I don't agree that reading HN means that (although of course I doubt that _anyone_ shares rms's full rigid commitment). Regarding your wondering about air travel and crosswalks, I would say that RMS addresses this concern relatively directly in the featured article. "Likewise, I don't need to worry about what software is in a kiosk, pay phone, or ATM that I am using. .... That reasoning is based on the fact that I was not responsible for setting up those machines, or for how that was done." It seems to me that it is generally only fully appropriate to post a top-level comment in the thread of an article if you have read that article.