Ah, was this the thread about (and involving) Eric S Raymond? [I've dropped out of reading r.a.sf.w again, but googled to see what was going on.] I've owned a paper copy of the Jargon File for years and on the basis of it assumed ESR was a pretty neat guy. Alas, the more I find out about him, the clearer it becomes that he's actually a raving right-wing looney...

[Should you be in any doubt, read ESR's Blog.]

MC