Perhaps, but he was also pragmatic enough to kick off the GNU Project from a pro...

		mpyne on June 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Richard Stallman Inducted Into the 2013 Internet H... Perhaps, but he was also pragmatic enough to kick off the GNU Project from a proprietary base and work on replacing the OS with Free software incrementally. So he has demonstrated pragmatism often when it aided his overall goals, which is something you can't say about many principled idealists.

So he understands the reasons why people use proprietary software. Is that what you say?