Eric Scott Raymond, a very bright and often abrasive person.<p>Wrote Cathedral and the Bazaar, and was responsible for a lot of the realpolitik and branding that got Open Source to where it is today.<p>Had varying amounts of a hand in gpsd, ncurses, reposturgeon, and various other tools people actually use.<p>The big problem is that his worldview is exceptionally conservative culture war while at the same time being fairly social liberal. If something isn&#x27;t productive to expanding Western Civilization (by his definition), for whatever reason, it must go. This includes Islam, this includes a lot of SJW theory, this includes homosexuals (not out of malice, but because they by definition can&#x27;t make more population), and so forth.<p>He&#x27;s quite interesting to read, and he makes very interesting points--unfortunately, if you have a visceral reaction to his politics it is quite hard to bear him.<p>He also has an annoying habit of claiming expertise and skills that aren&#x27;t quite there, such as forensic critique of a police shooting.<p>&quot;Interesting insufferable intellectual independent&quot; would be my classification of him.