I put him up for the night on my sofa once

I put him up for the night on my sofa once. When you do this, you get his "rider". Google it, it's real, it's infamous for the "don't buy me a parrot" section. Anyway, in that, he makes clear that if people at dinner are not interested in talking about free software, he's going to pull out his laptop and get on with his work relating to free software. He doesn't care about fancy food, drinks, etc. - he wants to raise money for free software, and work on free software. He did this in a restaurant when three others of us were chatting about something else, and we all just accepted that's what he does, and that's him. It was fine. If you're not familiar with him or this, then it's going to be a weird experience. He also struggles with social interactions in my limited experience, particularly when it's a "fan boy" interaction. …