From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 26 Jan 2026 18:30:35 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
      
   > Given that situation, Stallman has indeed earned a doctorate. His   
   > dedication to free software means that all of us have a way out, whether   
   > we are annoyed with the fact that our platform of choice won't let us   
   > uninstall the browser or forces artificial intelligence into everything.   
   > We have a choice because grouchy Stallman thought that people should   
   > have a right to know how their hardware works and create a driver for it   
   > themselves if the manufacturer refuses to support it.   
      
   Yeah, we would never have had Perl without Stallman.   
      
   https://dev.perl.org/licenses/   
      
   Wall's Artistic License was a swipe at GPL. "Well, it it makes you feel   
   better you can use GPL'. When Perl was initially released Wall was a   
   programmer at Unisys and more or less kicked the language out on Usenet.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)