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From: grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Why you should not use Tcl
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Robert Withrow (witr@rwwa.com) wrote:
: In article <365a9g$607@news.bu.edu>, brianm@csa.bu.edu (Brian Mancuso) writes:
: |>     a. If rms declared one day that the sky was blue, half of you
: |>        would deny it.

: Well gee.  That means that 50% of us agree.  That is a pretty good
: approval rating these days.

: Of course, RMS frequently claims that the sky is tartan-plaid, and
: 50% of *you* agree with him.

While I haven't seen actual examples of RMS changing the laws of
physics by mere dictate, I _have_ run into people who seem to think
that RMS's opinions have the authority of law.  When discussing the
legal implications of the GPL in a particular instance, I see postings
that say "Well, I asked RMS and he said [...]."

Since when does an opinion from RMS determine the outcome of a
question of contract law in the US?  Is he now a federal appeals court
judge in addition to being the philosopher-king of the FSF?

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