I think Grimlok might be the person here who actually has given it the best
thought (even better than mine). By accepting that RMS might not be "perfect"
but still he has done a lot of work for the free software world, Grimlok's
reply actually appeal to me as a very sensitive and wise way of looking at
things.
After all, RMS is not a prophet, he is a man, and we should only take his
opinions like we take everyone else's opinions. Take in consideration, but
make our own mind.
Of course, given the fact that he is a "popular person" in the computer
world, his opinions actually carry some weight (one good or bad statement
could help or hurt the way people look at free software for example). In that
regard, I think he should probably NOT take advantage of "immoral" things as
long as they don't affect him personally. Again only my opinion, but that's
the way I see it.
Michał Masłowski comment was also interesting. For me, BSD is actually the
most "free license" because it gives you the freedom to do as you wish. Can
it be used for enslaving of other people? Yes, but in the moment it's in your
hands you actually have more freedom than with GPL. If we lived in community,
instead of society, I would probably accept ONLY the GPL license. But given
the fact that we live in society, I think BSD is a more "realistic" approach.
Of course, GPL has done GREEEEAAAT over the many years it has existed, so,
maybe I am wrong thinking this way :P
I think my "like" for BSD licenses, come from the fact that I understand the
need for a license different from GPL when it comes to "free hardware" or
"open source hardware", something that we desperately need, but can only be
achieved with a license that allows for commercial use (without hiding any
information of course).
In the end, I think I look at RMS the same way FSF looks at Debian. He does a
lot of good, and thank God he exists, but he is not perfect and I would
rather take his thoughts and work on top of them before presenting them to
other people, rather than just "provide a link" to RMS homepage. And maybe
it's for the better =)
Well, I thank everyone who commented on this thread, I only wanted to really
hear other thoughts about this, and it gave me an opportunity to think about
some other subjects. The admins might wanna close it now, since I think my
original questions have been satisfied. Thanks again ;)
