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The GNU Manifesto (1985)

• lettergram 12y ago
  Richard Stallman was brought to UIUC on his birthday (coinciding with the Manifesto). The talk was titled "Free Software and Your Freedom", which covers the GNU manifesto (more or less). There's also an interesting explanation of how Stallman he feels about open source, and linux (GNU/Linux). https://www-s.acm.illinois.edu/stallman-uiuc-2015-03-16.webm https://www-s.acm.illinois.edu/stallman-uiuc-2015-03-16.webm If you haven't heard him speak I recommend it... if not just for the awkward moments when he chomps on his doughnuts during the talk.
  • tjr 12y ago
    Thank you for sharing this! I was there, and was hoping it got recorded.
  • topkekz 12y ago
    tldr of the talk: facebook is evil instagram is evil itunes is evil amazon is evil youtube is evil angry bird is a malware and so on...
• osw 12y ago
  GNU software considered harmful.
• cpks 12y ago
  His writing usually sounds insane to most people at the time, and proves prophetic 1-2 decades later. The guy suffers from extreme Cassandra's Complex.
• dang 12y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9218114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9218114