Examining Stallman's Law | Linux Today

Examining Stallman’s Law

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 30, 2012

[ Thanks to Amy Bennett for this link. ]

Richard Stallman, champion of free software, has come
up with this axiom to describe the nature of business and
technology, not-quite-so-humbly known as Stallman’s Law:

“While corporations dominate society and write the laws, each
advance in technology is an opening for them to further restrict
its users.”

This statement, like many created by Stallman over the years, is
likely to be controversial.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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