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Here are two of Stallmans' writings addressing "Free" and "Cloud". > Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software > When we call software “free,” we mean
by irq-1 11y ago
Here are two of Stallmans' writings addressing "Free" and "Cloud".
> Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software
> When we call software “free,” we mean that it respects the users' essential freedoms: the freedom to run it, to study and change it, and to redistribute copies with or without changes. This is a matter of freedom, not price, so think of “free speech,” not “free beer.”
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
> Who does that server really serve?
> On the Internet, proprietary software isn't the only way to lose your freedom. Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS, is another way to give someone else power over your computing.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s...
- EGreg 11y agoIt is a false dichotomy for Stallman to keep saying the only alternative to the word Free is Open Source. I have written to him and suggested terms such as Liberating Software, which is more accurate. Or at least Freeing Software. But he never even responded.
- such_a_casual 11y agoWhat do any of those things have to do with my thesis? Can you restate the main point of my argument?