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This is a classic strawman fallacy. The main issue here is misunderstanding John Sullivan when he says the FSF is one of the most important social movements. Br
by ewzimm 11y ago
This is a classic strawman fallacy. The main issue here is misunderstanding John Sullivan when he says the FSF is one of the most important social movements. Bruno M takes it to mean it's more important than gay rights, women's rights, free speech, etc.
It actually means the opposite. If you take a look at stallman.org, for example, you will find only a little bit of it is dedicated to software. Most of it is about other political issues like those listed here. The big FSF supporters believe that free software is important because it enables free speech. Software is how most people work and communicate. When that software only allows you to use it with certain restrictions, you might not be able to say something that isn't approved by the powers that be.