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Richard Stallman Audio Interview at Wired

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the listen-to-the-man dept.

MacRonin writes: "Richard Stallman interview Value Your Freedom at Wired." The RMS [?] interview clocks in at 21 minutes, talking about User Liberation, Amazon Boycotts, Hackers Crackers Pirates, and "Advice to Users." The last one kinda sounds like a William S. Burroughs [?] bit.

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  1. Re:Freedom? by Rupert · · Score: 4

    OK, OK, I'm going to feed the troll.

    The freedom part of the GPL is that everyone else gets the same rights as you. The source was made available to you, so you have to make it available to others (if you distribute binaries).

    No, it's not totally free. IRL, you can do pretty much whatever you like inside your house, but once you get out on the street there are things you can't do (drive as fast as you like, on the wrong side of the road, etc.). These limitations are placed on you to protect the freedom (and life) of others. Likewise, the GPL puts restrictions on you to protect others' access to free software.

    Total freedom, IMHO, disappeared the day the second sentient being was born on this planet. Freedom is as much about everyone's freedom as it is about yours.

    Oh, and Franklin was talking about essential freedoms. He probably wouldn't include software, even if you could explain it to him.

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  2. Why sound? by Avumede · · Score: 4

    I remember the good old days when the Internet just had words on it. Now I can't get what Stallman has to say without turning my sound system on. Why would anyone make available the sounds of an interview, when it would be far more efficient and easier for everyone to access as text?

    Is Wired too lazy to transcribe or did I miss a link to the text version?