To further this point, take a look at "Why you shouldn't use the Lesser GPL for your next library", which outlines Stallman's very pragmatic reasoning for his s

To further this point, take a look at "Why you shouldn't use the Lesser GPL for your next library", which outlines Stallman's very pragmatic reasoning for his strategy regarding the GNU C libraries: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html > So, again without actual evidence, I'm just going to guess that within a decade that stuff you heard in 2009 that sounded so "radical" is going to seem a lot more clear in hindsight. I remember reading what Stallman said about cell phones, location tracking, and privacy back in ~2004 and thinking he was being paranoid. Boy was I wrong.