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A downvoted but an interesting comment. Years ago I shared this same opinion. When I first learned about Stallman's take on how software should be free, I thoug

A downvoted but an interesting comment. Years ago I shared this same opinion. When I first learned about Stallman's take on how software should be free, I thought the guy was insane. But with time, it's now obvious he was right about a lot of things. Very few things in the history of humanity made as much impact as OSS and all the things it has inspired and enabled: Linux, gcc, Postges, and so on. Think about how many things are derived from Linux alone, e.g. Android. Zuck hacked on early Facebook in php and MySQL, it's his choice not mine, but still, the impact is obvious. Before people start piling up on me and downvoting, think about the things that Facebook open sourced like React, PyTorch, LLaMA, and so on. How can this be bad?

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fragmede 2y ago
LLaMA isn't open source. it's model available (MA), which is very generous of Mr. Zuckerberg, but it's not Open Source. bad or good, we're forced to live in two worlds. a digital realm, where things can be copied infinitely for free, and a physical realm, where there's rent and food to pay for. so it's bad, because we haven't established a basic level of existence for everybody so people need to get whatever they can get out of it to pay their bills.
hodgesrm 2y ago
> But with time, it's now obvious he was right about a lot of things. I've gone through the same evolution. Stallman was fundamentally right about the notion of rights for users--to look at, to understand, to change, and to redistribute software. As more of the world is driven by software I think those rights are merging with other fundamental human rights like the right to free speech. They make the world a better place.