Free Software Magazine: DRM, Guardrails, and the Right to be Stupid

“I’m a big believer in rights. I believe in the right to speak
your mind, the right to act however you want, as long as you aren’t
interfering with others’ rights; I even believe in more
controversial rights like ‘the right to die’, and one of my
favorites is the right to be stupid.

“What do I mean by that? Well, I think that if people want to
jump out of airplanes, down cliffs, or free-climb El Capitan, like
Captain Kirk, they should be allowed to do that–even though it’s
very clear that they may be stupid things to do that are likely to
get them killed…”

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