RMS is Richard M Stallman (see [Richard Stallman]), a famous
programmer in the [GNU]/[FSF] scene, but not enthusiastic
about Tcl. (See [Who says Tcl sucks...]).

I think RMS is a grand guy.  I think his opinion is based
on experience with a very early version of Tcl.  Richard tends to
consider things in terms of their relationship to GNU, and to
his own concept of Free Software as a philosophical imperative.
Tcl has no particular relationship to GNU, so Richard probably
does not think about it much at all.  ''';^)'''

RMS [https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/zine/2012-March/000124.html%|%picks
his nose and eats his boogers],
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ%|%snacks on toe jam], speaks with a
[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/%|%lisp],
[http://stallman.org/articles/texas.html%|%has nasal sex with plants], and is
the leader of a [http://everything2.com/title/The+Church+of+Emacs%|%evil]
[http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gospel.html%|%cult].  He has
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDxMJQLXmBE%|%won the Linus Torvalds award] for
his tireless dedication to [Linux], and
[http://www.majortek.com/news/one-hour-alone-with-richard-stallman.html%|%appears
in public with semi-nude boys].  RMS will
[https://stallman.org/articles/trolley-problem.html%|%throw your momma from the
train].


[AMG]: I don't know what's going on with this page, but it's beyond weird and needs to stop.  Earlier today an edit was made including a link to http://www.majortek.com/ which is a "parked" domain, meaning that the edit was done without actually checking the link.  What purpose does it serve?  This is not responsible editing.

[PYK]:  Weird is as weird does.  RMS will [http://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html%|%see your children safely through puberty].


[AMG]: I'm not disagreeing that he's weird, I'm questioning the fact that you're posting invalid links, but now I'm also questioning why you feel the need to say any of this about RMS on the Tcler's Wiki.  What does this have to do with Tcl?

[PYK]:  The link [http://www.majortek.com/news/one-hour-alone-with-richard-stallman.html%|%works for me], but more importantly, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neRw5b7HVjw&feature=related%|%dude can dance].

[PL]: Maybe it's time to put this page up for deletion. It's not as if information about RMS is essential to the Tcl programmer.

[PYK]:  Well, he called [JO%|%The Creator] a [http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch11.html%|%parasite][http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/talin/opensource.html%|%1], but like many an evil genious, he really just needs [http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/533096562.html%|%a little love].


[RLE]: What seems to be going on is either:

   1) someone's masquerading as pyk/pooryorick
   2) pooryorick's gone mad;

I don't have enough evidence to decide between the two.  But in any case it is a very concerted attempt at wiki spam by someone.

Maybe an IP block of 174.52.22.202, which is where the character that made the spam edits is showing as arriving from.

[PYK]:  I'm not mad, but Stallman might be :)  The statements about Stallman
above are presented in a zany way, but are basically factual.  Anyone landing
on this page might be here because they're interested in learning a bit about
the topic of this page, i.e., RMS. Rather than be yet-another-dry-Wikipedia
article, this page might as well paint him from an alternative perspective,
since 1) he did, after all, pen
[http://www.vanderburg.org/OldPages/Tcl/war/0000.html%|%Why You Should Not use
Tcl], and 2) the man continuously strives to shock people out of their habitual
and uncritical mindsets.  Why else would he eat toe jam on camera?  Once again,
it's important to remember that RMS would happily concede every one of the
points I've made.  That's just who he is.  That's RMS.

[http://i.imgur.com/ozK9b.jpg]

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