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Nuts or not they fight the good fight on our behalf by acting as an anchor at the other end of the spectrum. Even if I’m not as ardent about it as a beneficiar
by noir_lord 8y ago
Nuts or not they fight the good fight on our behalf by acting as an anchor at the other end of the spectrum.
Even if I’m not as ardent about it as a beneficiary of open source in all its forms I can understand the viewpoint of those who are.
There is value in that I think.
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- jolmg 8y ago> There is value in that I think. Yes, thinking does have value. :P > There is value in that, I think. Totally agree with your comment, though.
- santoshalper 8y agoIt's a tough call. I do see the logic in what you're saying, but when I read things like this, he seems more like PETA than anything else: actively harmful to his movement. Basically a walking, talking strawman.
- a-nikolaev 8y agoRichard Stallman is important as a visionary. I think, his views may be really impractical short-term, but he is often spot-on long-term. Taking him seriously and listening to his opinion is worth the effort, I think.
- laughinghan 8y agoInteresting. What are some examples of things he predicted in the past that were really impractical short-term, but turned out to be spot-on long-term?
- a-nikolaev 8y agoI don't have specific examples off the top of my head. This is just the realization I had after reading and watching his talks and articles. You can google "stallman was right" and "stallman was wrong", and see where he got it right or not. I did some search, and this discussion seems helpful and exactly on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3417033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3417033
- greymeister 8y agoI would say the modern state of surveillance capitalism is in a large part what rms warned about with proprietary systems being used against the user.