[ Thanks to Richard
Weber for this link. ]
“Every time you buy software from companies such as Microsoft,
IBM, Sun and Adobe you hand over much more than just money, you
also give up basic freedoms and human rights.“So says Richard Stallman, president of the Free Software
Foundation, and long-time campaigner against the proprietary
programs produced and owned by many software companies.“The assumed ownership of software by Microsoft and many others
irks Mr Stallman and is something he wants stopped.“‘Non-free software is wrong and we do not want it in our
lives,’ he told BBC News Online…”
[Editor’s Note: There’s an interesting little sidebar quiz
with this article: What do you
know about free software?. -BKP.]
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