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...starts with a grandiose vision, which (at the time of writing) he hadn't even begun. He then asks for time, money, and equipment, before the end of the first paragraph. The very first thing promised ... has never been effectively delivered.

That sounds like a Kickstarter pitch. RMS was ahead of his time in yet another way.




It'd be amusing if the FSF posted it verbatim to Kickstarter (or a "Free" participant in that space, anyway) now...




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