We need more of Richard Stallman's ideas, not less

3 years ago by Jure Repinc to c/linux

We need more of Richard Stallman, not less écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1366698

Richard Stallman was right since the very beginning. Every warning, every prophecy realised. And, worst of all, he had the solution since the start. The problem is not Richard Stallman or the Free Software Foundation. The problem is us. The problem is that we didn’t listen.

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dlarge6510 8 points 3 years ago

The man is my life lol.

I discovered GNU/Linux in school in the 90's, then as I got better access to the internet at home and Linux magazines I learned everything about RMS and GNU and the FSF.

I latched on to it all. Apart from retro systems with their various proprietary operating systems I have no time for any proprietary software if I can help it.

The Retro systems get a pass because I'm interested in old computers.

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