In Support of Richard Stallman

Yeah.

But he also has tech estimated extraordinarily well, and calls out corporate scams a decade before they try it.

Its possible to ignore his sexist views, at the same time listening to his tech views.

That nebulous label is creep has been dismissed by any reasonable person. Because the same words spoken by two different people and it's creepy in one case and not in the other all through the subjective lens of the receiver. Something that is impossible to know in advance.

So if you have actual evidence of inappropriate things that have been said, especially after someone has indicated it's unwelcome, please share that for everyone to see. Otherwise you're just spouting nonsense with nothing to back it up except arbitrary feelings.

Sorry you didn't want to be approached by Richard Stallman but even people who look like Richard Stallman are allowed to shoot their shot without being called a creep.

Stallman is not insane, he's just unusual.

Here's a 1 hour 10 minute long interview where he talks not only about software but also about his personal history with software[1]. Notable to me was the point where he describes the time shortly before and after he started the free software foundation where he came up with the minimum amount of time a year that he had to work in order to pay the bills and still save a bit of money, and he uses the rest for his activism for free software.

He strikes me not as insane, but as someone with great moral clarity and unusual conviction.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucXYWG0vqqk