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Why is Stallman revered by some but detested by others?
From what I gather he founded the free software foundation and the GNU operating system. He pioneered open-source software.

However, some feel his extremeist views have hindered the progress of free software.

Anything I missed or is that the jist?

Richard Stallman is worlds 3rd greatest troll.

Worlds greatest namefagging troll, which is why /g/ looks up to him.