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Global celebration for the GNU System's 30th anniversary

110 points by Tsiolkovsky 13y ago

jordigh 13y ago
Yay! Long live GNU!
davexunit 13y ago
Nice pictures. It was a great time and those cupcakes were delicious.
ianstallings 13y ago
RMS and company, changed the way I not only look at software, but at my life and my freedoms.
- blinkingled 13y ago
  Rings true for me as well. Back in the day before I read the GPL on my copy of Slackware, I was a Microsoft supporter!
  - ElDiablo666 13y ago
    Me too. Got me to realize that liberty is more important than how cool the "features" be.
tlarkworthy 13y ago
Its pretty inspiring that writing code with a philosophy can change the world.
codex 13y ago
It's interesting that the worlds most popular operating systems, Windows, iOS, and Android, use almost zero FSF software (the "system"), although much of Android is GPL licensed.
- whydo 13y ago
  You do realize that Android uses the GNU/Linux kernel, right?
  - takluyver 13y ago
    The kernel is just Linux. GNU/Linux refers to the combination of the Linux kernel and GNU userland (core libraries and binaries).
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  - jordigh 13y ago
    While I'm sure you're getting downvoted because people think that Linux the kernel has nothing to do with GNU, this isn't quite true: Linux uses the GNU General Public License and at the time of its initial announcement had to compare itself with GNU (and how it wasn't going to be as "professional" as GNU). While Linus himself nowadays actively speaks out against GNU, he still use GNU's license and GNU's software (gcc and glibc), so even in Linux alone, without the GNU userland, we see some influence of GNU on Android.
    - kemiller 13y ago
      Parent is getting downvoted because Linux is not from the FSF.
- Mikeb85 13y ago
  But so much of what we depend on every day, servers, supercomputers, infrastructure, compilers, etc..., relies on FSF software. Stuff like GCC, Make, Glib, Emacs, to implementations of various standard languages, and this of course doesn't count the FSF's influence, which is much broader than the packages they offer... Whether or not Android and iOS use FSF software, they do use software that was inspired by what the FSF pioneered...
- ekianjo 13y ago
whydo 13y ago
The work of the FSF and GNU is one of the most important in the history of computing. We benefit daily from the values of freedom, respect, and choice it presents. We also benefit from the abundance of knowledge and technologies that is openly available to all. However, these rights and privileges must not be taken for granted and must continue to be protected. It is also in our interest to choose solutions and businesses that respect their users and their liberties.
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110 points by Tsiolkovsky 13y ago

jordigh 13y ago

Yay! Long live GNU!

davexunit 13y ago

Nice pictures. It was a great time and those cupcakes were delicious.

ianstallings 13y ago

RMS and company, changed the way I not only look at software, but at my life and my freedoms.

blinkingled 13y ago
Rings true for me as well. Back in the day before I read the GPL on my copy of Slackware, I was a Microsoft supporter!
- ElDiablo666 13y ago
  Me too. Got me to realize that liberty is more important than how cool the "features" be.

tlarkworthy 13y ago

Its pretty inspiring that writing code with a philosophy can change the world.

codex 13y ago

It's interesting that the worlds most popular operating systems, Windows, iOS, and Android, use almost zero FSF software (the "system"), although much of Android is GPL licensed.

whydo 13y ago
You do realize that Android uses the GNU/Linux kernel, right?
- takluyver 13y ago
  The kernel is just Linux. GNU/Linux refers to the combination of the Linux kernel and GNU userland (core libraries and binaries).
  - deleted 13y ago
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- jordigh 13y ago
  While I'm sure you're getting downvoted because people think that Linux the kernel has nothing to do with GNU, this isn't quite true: Linux uses the GNU General Public License and at the time of its initial announcement had to compare itself with GNU (and how it wasn't going to be as "professional" as GNU). While Linus himself nowadays actively speaks out against GNU, he still use GNU's license and GNU's software (gcc and glibc), so even in Linux alone, without the GNU userland, we see some influence of GNU on Android.
  - kemiller 13y ago
    Parent is getting downvoted because Linux is not from the FSF.
Mikeb85 13y ago
But so much of what we depend on every day, servers, supercomputers, infrastructure, compilers, etc..., relies on FSF software. Stuff like GCC, Make, Glib, Emacs, to implementations of various standard languages, and this of course doesn't count the FSF's influence, which is much broader than the packages they offer... Whether or not Android and iOS use FSF software, they do use software that was inspired by what the FSF pioneered...
ekianjo 13y ago

whydo 13y ago

The work of the FSF and GNU is one of the most important in the history of computing. We benefit daily from the values of freedom, respect, and choice it presents. We also benefit from the abundance of knowledge and technologies that is openly available to all. However, these rights and privileges must not be taken for granted and must continue to be protected. It is also in our interest to choose solutions and businesses that respect their users and their liberties.

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