He is no different than a religious zealot. He just worships a different god.
The only lens he provides is one for us to say 'hell, at least I'm not that crazy.'
As a spokesperson he has an obligation to present himself in a manner that's representative of the movement itself, not of himself.
I don't care how busy you are, you can make time to learn how to interact with people better. You can't know how to write a compiler and not be able to figure out simple human interaction. It's obviously a case of priorities and not caring.
I am not going to comment the article in itself, I think many people have pointed out in other comment that the guy completely missed the point. But I want to answer this comment:
There's a reason why we sometimes shouldn't compromise. A LOT of powers in this world are just waiting for the opportunity to use the good ol' "foot in the door" strategy, especially with free/ open source software. Richard Stall, hate it or love it, with the GPL license has found a way to prevent it. So, in that case there is no compromise, and he's right.
There's also a reason with Free/Open source software are now a subject of philosophical research, and your lack of understanding of the forces at play is a good example why some people, the author of this post in question, should stop to look at open source softwares through the "is it conveniant for me?" lens.
God, the eternal september syndrom is so strong with Open Source software!...
People want to share. People love to share. It used to be in the days before version control systems, before reliable internetworking, that sharing was hard, tedious, often impractical. The difference between open source and closed source was often a matter of proximity.
Now with tools like Github that foster community and encourage people to build things that are free and/or open there has been an explosion of open-source software.
People like RMS refuse to acknowledge or even entertain the idea that there needs to be a healthy balance between open and closed. You can be too open just as you can be too closed.
His extremist, binary position is not based in reality.