LiveJournal: What Apple Gets Right and Why Linux Keeps Slipping Behind

“I’m a huge Free Software enthusiast. I founded the Open
Graphics Project because I want to promote Free Software. I want
people, users of computers, to have freedom and control over their
computers. I don’t want greedy corporations to limit our freedoms
and hold us hostage to their DRM, unreliable licensing mechanisms,
and a tendency to leave us holding the bag when they go out of
business or decide that we haven’t paid them enough money. I
believe that if you have a piece of technology in your possession,
then you have every right to take it apart, understand it, reverse
engineer it, and use it however you like, until you decide you no
longer want to. Of course, there are limits. Other people have
rights too, and rampant piracy is not a good thing, but that is
beyond the scope of this blog entry.

“So, I think Free Software should rule the world, and I believe
that it is an ethical issue, not merely a practical one. I feel
that I am a minor activist in this regard. The more Free Software
that people use, the more freedom we’ll all have, and I am trying
to do my part in my own community project…”

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