“It is funny, but I’m disappointed that it accentuates the shallow.”

—  Richard Stallman

Remarks on &quot;Kernel mentor&quot;, an Everybody loves Eric Raymond internet cartoon (17 May 2005) http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/kernel-mentor in which he is depicted stating &quot;GNU&#x27;s not understood by everyone, Linus.&quot; <br class="br">2000s

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