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The longer I go in computing, the more I see that Stallman was, and is right. Last month, I joined the FSF. I find that great parts of my livelihood are thanks
by occultist_throw 9y ago
The longer I go in computing, the more I see that Stallman was, and is right.
Last month, I joined the FSF. I find that great parts of my livelihood are thanks in part to his efforts in computing, law, and rights.
- youdontknowtho 9y agoI disagree. The majority of money that generated the electronic boom were from defense spending. I'm not trying to pick a fight, but I personally don't find what he is doing to be effective in a sense larger than the personal interest of a user of a device that wouldn't exist if it weren't for the nuclear state. I mean to say, is Raytheon's freedom to use a compiler as important as individual freedom? There are some logical gaps there to me. I can see where people would disagree with me, and I personally like the man. I've met him...it's a weird story, but I think he's a really cool person. I just don't necessarily agree with him.
- uoaei 9y agoIt seems you are approaching this topic from the perspective that technological progress is of most value. For others, ethical progress--that is, technological progress that does not impede on human rights--is of higher value than technological progress alone. >[I]s Raytheon's freedom to use a compiler as important as individual freedom? "As important" is a distraction: comparing degrees of importance with respect to rights and freedoms will always be a rabbit hole into which you will get lost as you differentiate infinitesimal cases in context. Freedom is freedom, and if humans are allowed that, that is enough.