From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 13 Feb 2026 01:50:11 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > On 12 Feb 2026 20:33:53 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >   
   >> Does Stallman have an influence over Linux? Does he maintain the   
   >> kernel?   
   >> Does anyone even care what he thinks?   
   >   
   > I haven't followed his career but I think his biggest claim to fame is   
   > emacs, which I do not use. He lost interest in gcc early on. With   
   > nothing happening the Experimental GNU Compiller System forked the code   
   > and moved ahead. I believe it was gcc 2.95 when egcs was merged back in   
   > and the ecgs people took over further development.   
   >   
   > Then there is Hurd... As far as FOSS,   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software   
   >   
   > FSF and OSI are not the same.   
      
   Indeed, but I do prefer free software over the open-source kind anyway.   
   Still, the point is that Stallman will always be credited as the man who   
   inspired the movement, but he's as influential in the field today as the   
   Bush family is to American politics.   
      
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