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Exactly. We need characters like RMS to buck the trends, even if they come off as a*holes to us. And RMS was right about the danger of software not being under
by starkd 4y ago
Exactly. We need characters like RMS to buck the trends, even if they come off as a*holes to us. And RMS was right about the danger of software not being under our control.
- Joker_vD 4y agoWhich is why RMS and FSF tried to get the software under their control. Thankfully, they are much less adept at it than the commercial firms, so that attempt ultimately failed.
- starkd 4y agoNot understanding how they did this. The movement merely supports a license that insists code is available to end users.
- bitwize 4y agoThe FSF demands copyright assignation for all contributions to its projects. E.g., if you want your code to make it into Emacs, both you and your employer need to sign it over to the FSF.