Does Richard Stallman have a protégé?
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Long live RMS, of course, but I am curious about this.
Anyone know?
Like a brother in aRMS?
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>a brother in aRMS
If the OP is asking whether RMS is mentoring an apprentice and future successor, I don't think so. He's one of a kind. He'll work until the end and pass the torch only reluctantly in the face of it. I don't confuse this with the presidency of FSF. His ideas will live on but without him I'm sure there will be some changes. Can Torvalds be replaced?
Linus is just a technician. Find an apt kernel dev and put him/her in place. RMS, on the other hand, is one of a kind, like you said. It's going to create a tremendous hole when he passes away.
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-Mark Twain
... that guy.
Cory Doctorow might be somebody to consider. I don't know. Even a hint at RSM not being here forever feels out of place but it's a question that comes in due course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow
The most likely outcome is that nobody's going to fill Stallman's boots. It can't be done and every revolution makes the mistake of apotheosis for the founding father. He will be adored and referred to as the progenitor of the movement and the disciples will be quarrelsome over his legacy. The freedom tenets are there to stay, I'm sure, carved in stone like the amendments of the US Constitution.
As for division or secessionism in the movement, it was already done in 1998. I draw parallels with the 1054 split of the church.
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