But note that...
by the end of that year Bruce Perens was talking about this as a loophole and had ideas on how to fix it.
It may well be that RMS' opinion changed in the intervening 6 years. I consider that fair and reasonable, my opinions on lots of things have changed in the last 6 years.
However if he did come out with something like this, I'd be amused as well.
Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)