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:OfB.biz: Stallman on the State of GNU/Linux
OfB.biz: Stallman on the State of GNU/Linux
Mar 31, 2005, 13 :45 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (10696 reads)

[ Thanks to Timothy R. Butler for this link. ]

"OFB: What are you up to at the FSF presently?

"RMS: The words "at the FSF" might be somewhat misleading, since I spend most of my time traveling, and what I do is give speeches about free software and related issues. At the beginning of March I was in Syria; since Syria is not a democracy and doesn't have freedom of speech, I gave special emphasis to comparing the freedoms of free software with freedom of speech. Now I'm in Colombia, where I had a meeting with people involved in negotiating the free trade treaty with the US. I advised them on various harmful and unjust laws that the US is likely to try to impose on Colombia..."

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It is absurd to speak of the "freedom to ...   Finally fast defense for GPL freedom   
Ookaze BioACobol
Mar 31, 2005, 14:26:03
 
Yes. That is the best response yet!  ...   Re: Finally fast defense for GPL freedom   
alison
Mar 31, 2005, 15:13:53
 
He's a bit extreme with the thought  ...   RMS is a bit extreme   
Richard
Mar 31, 2005, 15:45:40
 
True Freedom is for the developer to wri ...   True Freedom   
Gamma Zed
Mar 31, 2005, 16:11:14
 
> Once a KDE user has got past the syste ...   Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
wsd
Mar 31, 2005, 16:37:52
 
Also, I'm sure the typical Linux dis ...   Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
user101
Mar 31, 2005, 16:45:37
 
 He's a bit extreme with the thought ...   Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
Ookaze BioACobol
Mar 31, 2005, 16:57:11
 
ah, but what toolset was used to build t ...   Re: Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
David Johnson
Mar 31, 2005, 18:21:01
 
 He's a bit extreme with the thought ...   Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
Hyper L
Mar 31, 2005, 18:24:31
 
 No more 10 lines explanation to shut th ...   Re: Finally fast defense for GPL freedom   
David Johnson
Mar 31, 2005, 18:28:41
 
> He's a bit extreme with the though ...   Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
Eric Laffoon
Mar 31, 2005, 19:54:06
 
This can only be considered as an argume ...   Re: True Freedom   
Charles Hixson
Mar 31, 2005, 20:29:11
 
 I have never seen him refer to someone  ...   Re: Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
Hyper L
Mar 31, 2005, 21:50:31
 
Fine. Then lets call it Ritchie/Stroustr ...   Re:Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
Gary Stewart
Mar 31, 2005, 22:15:04
 
I very much admire Richard Stallman' ...   Non Free Software   
Grogan
Mar 31, 2005, 22:24:17
 
There's another saying I recall from ...   Re: Re: Finally fast defense for GPL freedom   
noyfb
Mar 31, 2005, 23:21:33
 
> This can only be considered as an argu ...   Re: Re: True Freedom   
Matt
Apr 1, 2005, 02:25:59
 
> True Freedom is for the developer to w ...   Re: True Freedom   
Jim
Apr 1, 2005, 05:45:51
 
ah, but what toolset was used to build t ...   Re: Re: RMS is a bit extreme   
Richard Corfield
Apr 1, 2005, 14:21:17
 
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