Many view Stallman as a wingnut, but he is a useful wingnut.
In any battle, there are the extreme personalities that lead the charge.
Without Richard Stallman, there would be *no* free software movement, I have no doubt about that.
I find it interesting though that many people think that his views are extreme in the freedom realm. They actually echo many views that I have in my own life.
I shred all receipts: all of them. I avoid parking meters that require me to identify myself. I use a RFID card for transit but I despise it because a machine somewhere is recording all my movements, as opposed to the disposable, anonymous scratch card transit pass that I used to prefer when they were available. Cameras with facial recognition scare the shit out of me.
And it worries me that few other people feel the same.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
