We need more of Richard Stallman, not less
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We need more of Richard Stallman, not less écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

Richard Stallman was right since the very beginning. Every warning, every prophecy realised. And, worst of all, he had the solution since the start. The problem is not Richard Stallman or the Free Software Foundation. The problem is us. The problem is that we didn’t listen.

  • megane-kun@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For most people Free Software is probably a journey. You can improve your freedom gradually by slowly removing more and more proprietary software. The goal is to have as much freedom as possible.

    Yeah. This is what I’ve been trying getting at when I said “are seen as aspirational ideals rather than calls for [immediate] action.”

    It is not that what he said (especially about Free Software) is wrong, it’s just that it’s so far from some people’s “normal” that for some, it might as well be a lifetime’s journey to get there, if at all.

    Is it a journey worth embarking on?‌‌ Yes. Is it a journey that sometimes requires a lot from people? Also yes.