Sometimes life does imitate art

[giza]

First there was this comic:



Which led to a fan buying an actual katana for Richard Stallman:

Comments

[simbab.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I'd know what to make of something like that either, so I can totally understand. :P

[bikerwalla.livejournal.com]

Aaugh, he's leaving fingerprints on the blade! But it's his now, I suppose. :)

[streakthetiger.livejournal.com]

LOL
Who`s that?

[giza.livejournal.com]

The father of the free software movement, and the creator of the GNU General Public License (GPL):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

[toracub.livejournal.com]

Ahh, he's touching the blade doesnt he know the oils in your skin are bad for blades... hope he wipes it off.

[tlttlotd.livejournal.com]

Dear gods, he's armed!

[triggur.livejournal.com]

I can't figure out why anybody dotes on that batshit hippy. There's much more reasonable OS licenses out than his naive and self-destructive "HGALHGALGHGLHA FREE SOFTWARE WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD" crap.

[wendingo.livejournal.com]

xkcd, and it's fans, never stop amazing me.

[furahi.livejournal.com]

LOL

[mach.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it only matters if thats a real, folded katana. It doesn't seem to have a temper line so it's likely just a 30 dollar wall sword special. If that is the case it is likely 440 or stainless, and fingerprints come right off and the oils won't etch the blade.

[netcrimes.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[mcity.livejournal.com]

"Yes, yes, 2005. A fine vintage."