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Richard Stallman's "Right to Read" from 1999 is worth another read.
by userbinator 8mo ago
Richard Stallman's "Right to Read" from 1999 is worth another read.
- ricree 8mo agoPertinent quote: >It was also possible to bypass the copyright monitors by installing a modified system kernel. Dan would eventually find out about the free kernels, even entire free operating systems, that had existed around the turn of the century. But not only were they illegal, like debuggers—you could not install one if you had one, without knowing your computer's root password. And neither the FBI nor Microsoft Support would tell you that
- jmclnx 8mo agoI was looking for the link for a while, I even forgot the title. So here it is: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html This takes place in 2047, seems we are well on track for that date.
- userbinator 8mo agoI find it ironic that that link gives a 403 Forbidden for me now. Admittedly I am not using a mainstream browser, but that's one of the sites I'd least expect to discriminate on UA. What happened to GNU?
- pabs3 8mo agoAI crawlers happened. Their IRC channels might be able to help, especially #fsfsys on Libera.
- userbinator 8mo agoThat bullshit excuse? I thought GNU was beyond such persuasion, especially RMS himself. (Hint: the ones proliferating that argument are the ones doing the DDoS'ing themselves or hosting those who are --- and helping the rest of Big Tech in their authoritarian dream of locking down computing to a highly restricted and "attested" set of platforms with zero freedom.)