We all know that person that takes his counter-culture shtick too seriously. Hell, maybe many of us were that person at some point. I know I did although I neve

We all know that person that takes his counter-culture shtick too seriously. Hell, maybe many of us were that person at some point. I know I did although I never reached RMS-level. The difference is that regarding RMS this is consequence of his substantial and well warranted philosophy on free software and freedom in general and he has his life's work to prove it. In short, he is not doing out of self-righteousness or to be perceived "cool".