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2603 points mattsolle | 2 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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heavyset_go ◴[12 Nov 20 21:44 UTC] No.25075498[source]▶
Again, it turns out that Stallman[1] and others[2] were prescient.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.en.html

[2] https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

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pgt ◴[12 Nov 20 23:30 UTC] No.25076763[source]▶
Every year Stallman seems less crazy.
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1. heavyset_go ◴[13 Nov 20 20:08 UTC] No.25086847[source]▶
I don't think Stallman's crazy, he's just passionate about his beliefs, and people whose careers depend on not acknowledging the truth in what he has to say like to dismiss him.
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2. higerordermap ◴[14 Nov 20 11:39 UTC] No.25091682[source]▶
He was short sighted in many parts. Eg: the definition of free software as something that can be freely redistributed.

For infrastructure parts, it makes sense to be even permissive open source. For something in applications level, it would be nice to make money from it by charging corporations using it, while still being freely available for students and hobbyists. This could have combined best of open source and commercial software.

Stallman's belief is that everything is either good or bad, and there is nothing in between. He is write about consumerization of computing devices though.