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ppopoff

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    Comment #11984439

    Seriously? How about the McDonalds, and Ray Kroc? Never heard of those names?

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    Comment #11983877

    Except that Stallman uses what you identify as name-calling all the time (cf. Amazon Swindle). Also, the oft-repeated notion that "piracy" is a contemporary slur invented to associ…

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    Comment #11983838

    Brexit is not a pejorative corruption of a pre-existing name or term. Incidentally, it's a basically neutral coinage used by both Leave and Remain camps.

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    Comment #11983832

    I would even agree that RMS appropriated the term free, but what your statement that RMS says free == copyleft is not remotely true and contradicted by your "source." His definitio…

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    Comment #11983815

    > Nearly 20 years later, it's clear that Stallman is almost certain to be a historical figure remembered hundreds of years from now. Hyperbole much? He's not going to be forgotten,…

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    Comment #11983803

    I have mixed feelings about RMS's use of language, but I think you exactly illustrate beagle3's point. Perhaps they are just as valid, but if the contrasting term is just as valid …