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Ask Alan Cox, Activist

Posted by Roblimo on from the fighting-the-good-fight dept.

Alan Cox is one of the world's most famous Linux kernel hackers. Lately he's been speaking out quite a bit on issues like copyright law, software patents, and the future of Linux, and has generally become a bit more politically active, at least in the public eye, than he was in the past. Slashdot interviewed Alan back in 1999. Lots of things have changed since then, but our interview procedure hasn't; one question per post, we send 10 of the highest-moderated ones to Alan, and post his answers verbatim as soon as he gets them back to us.

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  1. ERROR by bleckywelcky · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Slashdot ERROR #3829
    Post contains multiple questions.

  2. LOL by tps12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Holy shit that's funny. That's an awesome trick. Hehe. Rock on, dude.

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  3. Re:Kernel Trees by wizkid · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    I ARE AN ENGINEEER - GOOD SPELING IS KNOT A
    REQIRMENT!

    I suspect Everyone here knows I meant the DMCA. So I'm a bit dyslexic!

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  4. Re:Beards? by DeadSea · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Beard - Slang term for a woman who helps a gay man to convince others he is straight by going with him to social functions as his "date."
    Examples: "He brought a woman with him to the office party, but I think that she was just his beard."

    So all you have to do is hide that you are gay and your wife becomes your beard.

  5. Everything in moderation by wfrp01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have you read the Moderator Guidelines yet?

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