What’s in a name? GNU, Linux, or GNU/Linux?
One of the worst arguments for why you should use "open source" and "Linux" as names over "free software" and "GNU/Linux" I've heard yet.
View ArticleFree Software leader slams NZ copyright
"..RMS’s other mission here is to promote the Free Software Movement. The creator of the GPL...is at pains to correct misunderstandings of what the term free software means and to draw a distinction...
View ArticleWhy “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software
“Open Source” advocate: «...I associate much more with the "Open Source" (also as Richard defines it) camp, and am open to the existence and use of proprietary software...» --read more
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RMS: «When we call software “free,” we mean that it respects the users' essential freedoms: the freedom to run it, to study and change it, and to redistribute copies with or without changes [...] As...
View ArticleRMS to talk computing freedom at U or why “open source” misses the point of...
"Stallman makes a clear distinction between the free software and open source movements. The free software movement is based on values of freedom and social solidarity, he said, while the open source...
View ArticleWhere open source philosophy goes wrong software freedom keeps us free to...
"Risto H. Kurppa recently posted about a bad experience with a free software hacker when Kurppa tried to get access to the most recent revisions of an unpublished program’s source code.read more
View ArticleQ&A: Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software...
"In an exclusive interview with vnunet.com, Stallman discusses his views on free versus proprietary and open source software, social networking sites and privacy issues..."
View ArticleRMS: « Free Software Means 'Freedom'»
"As the founder of the free software movement and author of the GNU General Public License, I am writing to correct a misleading characterisation of free software presented in William Venema's article...
View ArticleTranscript of an interview with RMS for Radio New Zealand, conducted by Kim...
"...They base it on practical values only and they take for granted that proprietary software subjugating users is legitimate; whereas I say, and we in the Free Software movement say, that users are...
View ArticleWhy “open source” misses the point of Free Software
"25 years after Stallman first set the GNU project in motion, what have these ideals achieved, and what can we do to ensure the future of free software? Linux Format spoke to him to find out..."
View ArticleStallman discusses Free Software and GPLv3
"On June 29, 2007 the Free Software Foundation released the GNU General Public License, version 3. What happened since then? I had the opportunity to discuss many subjects with FSF's founder and...
View ArticlePatents, Protests, Plebiscites, and Protecting your freedom
"When he attended a rally in Munich this month, Richard Stallman took time out of his busy schedule to talk with our News Editor, Britta Wülfing. The conversation covered everything from Software as a...
View ArticleLest CodePlex perplex - by Richard M. Stallman
"...The first thing we see is that the organization ducks the issue of users' freedom; it uses the term "open source" and does not speak of "free software". These two terms stand for different...
View ArticleA free software conference or an open source conference?
"...The free software movement is primarily concerned with building and defending software freedom—the freedom to run, share, and modify published computer software. This is an ethical consideration...
View ArticleThe GNU GPL and the American Way - Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU...
"Defenselessness is not the American Way. In the land of the free and the brave, developers defend their freedom with the GNU General Public License [...] The Free Software Movement was founded in...
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