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:BrunoTorres.net: Interview with Richard Stallman
BrunoTorres.net: Interview with Richard Stallman
Nov 6, 2004, 07 :00 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (7880 reads)

(Other stories by Bruno Torres)

"BT - What's your opinion about Microsoft's 'shared source' initiative?

"RMS - If you compare Microsoft's practices with the definition of free software, you'll see that they have very little in common. There is nothing new about distributing proprietary source code under a nondisclosure agreement to certain select clients. That's how AT&T distributed Unix in the 1980s. My response to that was to launch the development of a free replacement for Unix, the GNU system..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I think the main problem with calling it ...   GNU/Linux   
Bill Baxter
Nov 6, 2004, 13:29:28
 
While I appreciate all the work RMS has  ...   Eutopiatic   
jav1231
Nov 6, 2004, 15:06:12
 
First, the "freedom" of software and its ...   Stallman's lack-of-credit   
GH
Nov 6, 2004, 16:08:07
 
To respond to two comments before this o ...   Clearing the air...   
Art
Nov 6, 2004, 18:39:22
 
RMS stands up for what he believes in, n ...   Standing Up For Ones Principles   
Bob Robertson
Nov 6, 2004, 19:39:34
 
> I cannot respect Stallman's opinio ...   Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
hooya
Nov 6, 2004, 22:50:40
 
> like it or not, linux wouldn't eve ...   Re: Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
Joe Kaplenk
Nov 6, 2004, 23:23:07
 
> > I cannot respect Stallman's opin ...   Re: Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
GH
Nov 7, 2004, 01:32:58
 
> It seems Stallman's only problem i ...   Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 7, 2004, 17:44:48
 
 > It seems Stallman's only problem  ...   Re: Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
Steve Bergman
Nov 7, 2004, 19:17:20
 
>  GNU/Linux looks to a younger unix+lin ...   Re: GNU/Linux   
Gregory Midger
Nov 7, 2004, 21:36:59
 
>  > It seems Stallman's only proble ...   Re: Re: Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 7, 2004, 21:45:09
 
> > It seems Stallman's only problem ...   Re: Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
GH
Nov 7, 2004, 22:17:05
 
if YOU do not like the idealism of GNU/G ...   simple argument is this.   
Xunil Ung
Nov 8, 2004, 01:32:45
 
> > > It seems Stallman's only probl ...   Re: Re: Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 8, 2004, 12:04:13
 
I think RMS would serve himself and the  ...   Re: Stallman's lack-of-credit   
jav1231
Nov 8, 2004, 12:19:02
 
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