From: sc@fiat-linux.fr   
      
   Le 31-01-2026, Chris Ahlstrom  a écrit :   
   > DFS wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> On 1/27/2026 3:58 PM, Lying Larry Piet (aka Farley Flud) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> FOSS is now, and has been for some time, unstoppable.   
   >>>   
   >>> Aside from a few, though somewhat significant, corporate holdouts,   
   >>> most software projects are adopting FOSS.   
   >>>   
   >>> All of this freedom is traceable to one man, and one man   
   >>> only: Dr. Richard M. Stallman.   
   >   
   > That's silly (as expected).   
      
   Yep.   
      
   >> Can't believe you refuse to recognize Torvalds (and other important   
   >> kernel contributors).   
   >>   
   >> Absent the working GPL Linux kernel, GuhNoo would still be sitting on a   
   >> shelf collecting dust, and the popularity of FOSS (driven by GNU/Linux)   
   >> definitely wouldn't have happened, and Stallman would be unknown and   
   >> more broke than ever and still hustling a room and a meal from gullible   
   >> idiots.   
   >   
   > That's silly (as expected).   
      
   Not entirely. For the Stallman part I have no idea because I can't   
   rewrite history. As Stallman wrote Emacs maybe he would be known even if   
   Linux didn't appear, maybe if Linux didn't appear another kernel would   
   have appear, maybe hurd would have been finished (well I strongly doubt   
   that part but can't be entirely sure), other things could have append,   
   so it's difficult to tell. I guess that some huge Linux contributors   
   would have switched to BSD contributions if Linux didn't exist, but it's   
   very difficult to tell (well it's easy to tell when living in historical   
   fiction).   
      
   But telling that Torvalds had an important role in the real history of   
   FOSS isn't silly. And refusing to recognize him is silly. But those are   
   only two people and FOSS rely on more than only that whatever their   
   importance is. Their impact is important, but that fact that lot of   
   people follow their lead is important too.   
      
   And I'm very happy to see that Greg, with his very important ingrat role   
   (I mean: when everything is fine no one recognize his job and when there   
   is an issue it's his fault) has finally been recognized :   
      
      
   He's no more or less important than some other contributors, but unless   
   some others, his contributions aren't really understood by lay people.   
      
   > Note that the GNU utilities have been ported to many systems,   
   > including Windows.   
      
   And you can go further. Today, if you want to avoid Linux at all cost   
   you have no way to access Internet. If he can reach Usenet it's thanks   
   to Linux servers. At home, when I can choose everything I want, without   
   Windows I can do what I want.   
      
   > For me, Git Bash and Mingw are sanity-savers on those few   
   > occasions when I boot to Windows.   
      
   Some time ago, when I had a Windows computer at work, I used a lot git   
   bash which is impressive, but never heard about Mingw. And now, I don't   
   have any use of them in my WM running Windows because I'm using it for   
   running Windows tools (let say that Trump isn't going farther enough to   
   show everyone how it's risky to use American programs and I need Windows   
   in some special cases).   
      
   >> And then there's the app developers and distro makers who opened up   
   >> Linux to the masses, including corporate data centers who wanted a   
   >> reputable and reliable source for installation, support and repair (Red   
   >> Hat firstly, then Ubuntu and Suse).   
   >>   
   >> So it was many many hundreds if not thousands of committed GNU / Linux /   
   >> FOSS people that contributed to getting FOSS to where it is now.   
   >>   
   >> But then there's YOU, who "couldn't care less about the community."   
   >>   
   >> What would Stallman say if he knew what a phony wastrel you were?  I   
   >> think I'll make him aware of you and your bad attitude.   
   >   
   > I doubt he'd give a shit about Fartley Fudd.   
      
   I don't know how DFS could make Stallman aware of FF/LP/DG/FR/whatever   
   but I agree that if he could, Stallman would despised him. But before   
   DFS would be able to do that, I'm pretty sure that Stallman never heard   
   about him and I agree that he doesn't give a shit about him. And   
   seriously, if I had some things to tell to Stallman, it wouldn't be   
   about a first class order moron like DG/FR/FF/LP/whatever.   
      
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