Well, it was implied that everyone would be eligible for these grants, but, yeah, in reality, only a few would be allowed to program, and one reason RMS probabl

Well, it was implied that everyone would be eligible for these grants, but, yeah, in reality, only a few would be allowed to program, and one reason RMS probably didn't think about it is that he's a good enough programmer that he'd qualify. Except, of course, the process would be very political, and he doesn't play that game at all well.