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* For many years, Richard has been doing a schtick about "St. Ignutius" that involves [[Sexist humor]]. His performance of this shtick in July 2009 sparked the [[EMACS virgins joke]] incident.
 
* For many years, Richard has been doing a schtick about "St. Ignutius" that involves [[Sexist humor]]. His performance of this shtick in July 2009 sparked the [[EMACS virgins joke]] incident.
 
* Rather than handing out business cards, Richard has "pleasure cards" which describe his personal interests, including "tender embraces". He hands these out to people of any gender, but what may appear whimsical to men who receive them may seem creepy to women. A scan of one of these cards appears in [http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch14.html the epilogue to Free as in Freedom].
 
* Rather than handing out business cards, Richard has "pleasure cards" which describe his personal interests, including "tender embraces". He hands these out to people of any gender, but what may appear whimsical to men who receive them may seem creepy to women. A scan of one of these cards appears in [http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch14.html the epilogue to Free as in Freedom].
* Unconfirmed/rumoured: I heard something about "I wrote EMACS. Can I touch your boobies." Anyone know what that's about? --[[User:Skud|Skud]] 16:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 
   
 
== Further reading ==
 
== Further reading ==

Revision as of 09:19, 18 July 2009

Richard Stallman (also known as RMS) is the founder of the Free Software Movement, author of EMACS, etc.

Incidents

  • For many years, Richard has been doing a schtick about "St. Ignutius" that involves Sexist humor. His performance of this shtick in July 2009 sparked the EMACS virgins joke incident.
  • Rather than handing out business cards, Richard has "pleasure cards" which describe his personal interests, including "tender embraces". He hands these out to people of any gender, but what may appear whimsical to men who receive them may seem creepy to women. A scan of one of these cards appears in the epilogue to Free as in Freedom.

Further reading