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The best parts of the life work of RMS are related to the understanding that Liberty can only be achieved if the means of discourse and use of language generall
by mjevans 6y ago
The best parts of the life work of RMS are related to the understanding that Liberty can only be achieved if the means of discourse and use of language generally are free and open to all. Without free general computers and the free access to learn from and build upon the works created by those who came before us, we have no collective shoulders of giants to stand upon and continue the advancement and change of society.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_to_Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Right_to_Read
- Godel_unicode 6y agoAnd yet a truly stupendous amount of meaningful, useful work is done using evil, proprietary, closed-source Windows every day. How can this be?? This story does a great job of fear mongering, but that's about all it's good for.
- ReptileMan 6y agoBecause on windows you are close enough to free. Raging twitter mob cannot force microsoft to prevent windows from working on your PC, you can install any app without microsoft approval etc etc ...