Is it just me, or does Richard Stallman always wear a red shirt?

[-grubby]

http://www.resource-aware.org/twiki/pub/RAP/TalkStallman/stallman.jpg

http://www.straferight.com/photopost/data/500/richard-stallman.jpg (1200x1200)

http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/gc69/stdin/richard_stallman_grande.jpg

http://www.fsfe.org/projects/gplv3/rms-20070401.jpeg

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/10/richard-stallman-ninjas-yale.jpg

http://g-nome.co.za/root/wp-content/gallery/gallery/richard-stallman-2007-02-15.jpg

http://gcubo.org/seminario/stallman

http://www.clipperz.com/files/clipperz.com/Richard_Stallman.jpg

Seriously.

[Viva]

This will inevitably turn into yet another rms-bashing thread.

[MelDJ]

red=hong=prosperity in mandarin

[Arathorn]

Because he's a commie? (couldn't resist, sorry)

[The Funkbomb]

It matches his smug sense of superiority. :P

[sliketymo]

He's a Cardinals fan,LOL.

[cascade9]

Pic #1 looks more like purple with black stripes, not red.

BTW, his lego figure has a purple shirt-
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/160405823_70f1a57ec5.jpg

BTW, does anyone else think that Alan Moore looks like a pissed-off version of RMS? Funny enough, hes got a lego figure well-
http://sp4.fotolog.com/photo/52/59/113/gab_ilieff/1254158001791_f.jpg

[Hallvor]

Oh please... I really fail to grasp all the ridicule by RMS on this forum. Few individuals have done so much for open source as RMS.

[koenn]

Is it just me, or does Richard Stallman always wear a red shirt?
apparently.
So ?

[Excedio]

This will inevitably turn into yet another rms-bashing thread.

It has begun...:popcorn:

[-grubby]

Oh please... I really fail to grasp all the ridicule by RMS on this forum. Few individuals have done so much for open source as RMS.

And I fail to grasp how pointing out the frequency he wears red shirts is ridicule. Unless you didn't mean my post.


apparently.
So ?

It's just something I noticed.

I didn't mean to imply something or disrespect RMS by this thread.

[cascade9]

Oh please... I really fail to grasp all the ridicule by RMS on this forum. Few individuals have done so much for open source as RMS.

+1. Torvalds might have written the linux kernel, but without the previous work of RMS is would have been just a footnote in history from a computer student. IMO anyway.

Edit- the red shirt isnt really an issue, either way. At least your paying attention -grubby. Quick thought, if we combined RMS + Trovalds, would we get a jolly red wearing guy from northern europe, who gives away stuff, and has a long list of 'naughty' and 'nice'? Hmmm.

[The Funkbomb]

I have nothing against Stallman. We all owe him a lot. I just sort of wish we weren't reminded of it so often.

[Exodist]

oh please... I really fail to grasp all the ridicule by rms on this forum. Few individuals have done so much for open source as rms.
+1


BTW, if it wasnt for my wife. Almost every shirt I own would be orange. Its a good color for a fat guy, keeps me from getting ran over by traffic. :-)

[Xbehave]

maybe hes just a bit paranoid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_%28character%29)

[pwnst*r]

gross.

[gnomeuser]

the man knows what he likes.

Or maybe his choice in threads is like his opinion - he picked one and damn sure no amount of tempting progressive orange t-shirts shall bring about the slightest touch of pragmatism.

[sanderella]

It's YOU

[pwnst*r]

It's YOU

no u.

[3rdalbum]

It might have something to do with his autism, although I'm not sure how wearing a red shirt might help, or why his autism might make him choose red.

[Странник]

I like red

[koenn]

It might have something to do with his autism, although I'm not sure how wearing a red shirt might help, or why his autism might make him choose red.
maybe then the color itself is less relevant than the fact he chooses (shades of) the same color all the time

[FLMKane]

This is disturbing... he seems to wear red shirts as much as I do. As a matter of fact I'm wearing one right now...

[ElSlunko]

Maybe it's his only shirt.

[xuCGC002]

He got the shirts for free. :D

[Sporkman]

BTW, if it wasnt for my wife. Almost every shirt I own would be orange. Its a good color for a fat guy, keeps me from getting ran over by traffic. :-)

:lol:

[dragos240]

no u.

iie anata!

[Sporkman]

iie anata!

Non vous.

[dragos240]

Non vous.

Nay thou! :lolflag:

[PryGuy]

LOL people! You've just made my day! Sorry, night... :)

[benj1]

its because the FSF started out as the Free Shirt Foundation, but the idea didn't catch on so he was stuck with a lot of red shirts when he moved onto software.

[Sporkman]

its because the FSF started out as the Free Shirt Foundation, but the idea didn't catch on so he was stuck with a lot of red shirts when he moved onto software.

:lol:

[NightHawk877]

Richard Stallman has autism? So do I.

[koenn]

Richard Stallman has autism?
maybe.
http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch03.html - look for endnote 2 (and the paragraph that refers to it)

[koenn]

Is it just me, or does Richard Stallman always wear a red shirt?

must be you after all.

Stallman at OSCON, wearing blue shirt (he went incognito ?)
http://juliancash.com/view/rms2/images/medium/os6_d4_4698.JPG
more: http://juliancash.com/view/rms2/set/medium_os6_d4_4698.html


2009 :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Rms_ifi_large.jpg/225px-Rms_ifi_large.jpg




more rms, +/- 50% non-red shirts
http://stallman.org/photos/rms-working/index.html

[Sporkman]

Here he is wearing a white toga:

http://sporkforge.com/slush/rms.png

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=777527

[HappyFeet]

I didn't notice what color shirt he wears, because I was too busy watching him eat his toe-cheese. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ&feature=PlayList&p=64733F7DCADB0B36&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=11)

[ZankerH]

That's GNU/Toe Cheese to you!

[Sporkman]

That's GNU/Toe Cheese to you!

:lol: :lol:

Some great gags in this thread! :)

[-grubby]

Well, I don't wanna sound like I went overboard here, but I emailed RMS. Partially to see if I could get a response, the other half because I was genuinely curious.

He said it was being he liked red a lot.

[Tipped OuT]

He's in the Rollin' Linux Blood's gang. ;)

[unknownPoster]

Well, I don't wanna sound like I went overboard here, but I emailed RMS. Partially to see if I could get a response, the other half because I was genuinely curious.

He said it was being he liked red a lot.

From what I've seen and read, as long as you aren't an idiot in your email, RMS generally makes an attempt to respond to most emails.

[HappinessNow]

Seriously.
It's the same (one) shirt.

[mmix]

Is it just me, or does bill gates always wear a red shirt? (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=bill%20gates&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi#start=0&imgc=specific&imgcolor=red)



/s/bill gates/whoever your friends/

LET HIM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CharlesA]

maybe hes just a bit paranoid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_%28character%29)

Rofl, I was wondering when that would show up. :lolflag:

[RiceMonster]

He's in the Rollin' Linux Blood's gang. ;)

don't you mean Rollin' GNU/Linux Blood's?

[mikewhatever]

Re: Is it just me, or does Richard Stallman always wear a red shirt?

I'd say it's just you, in the sense like, what do you care and what business it is of yours. I think it matters not what color Stallman wears, and that posting a thread about it is simply ridiculous. It's probably wrong to just by a single thread, yet this particular one doesn't add much esteem to what the OP has to say.

[-grubby]

Is it just me, or does bill gates always wear a red shirt? (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=bill%20gates&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi#start=0&imgc=specific&imgcolor=red)



/s/bill gates/whoever your friends/

LET HIM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it doesn't count if you tell Google Images to use red ;)

[gnomeuser]

Oh please... I really fail to grasp all the ridicule by RMS on this forum. Few individuals have done so much for open source as RMS.

RMS has done nothing for Open Source, in fact he opposes the term as he thinks it deludes the larger societal message of Free Software.

[benj1]

RMS has done nothing for Open Source, in fact he opposes the term as he thinks it deludes the larger societal message of Free Software.

that still doesn't mean he didn't do anything for open source, where would open source be without RMS and free software?

[Old Marcus]

I appreciate what Stallman has done for Open source and Linux, but i don't want it shoved down my throat so often.

He's a cool guy (although prone to moaning about things most people find pointless, GNU/Linux an example), life goes on.

[Tipped OuT]

don't you mean Rollin' GNU/Linux Blood's?

Nope.

[mmix]

Well it doesn't count if you tell Google Images to use red ;)

The same goes for you.

[Glucklich]

Take a look at the bright side... at least, he doesn't always wear the SAME shirt.

[-grubby]

The same goes for you.

... no it doesn't?

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=richard+stallman&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1

There's no red filter.

[Ylon]

Is because he's a fan of Marx (http://www.philanthromedia.org/archives/GrouchoMarx.jpg).