Stallman — 20 Years of Explaining Free Software

H4x0r Jim Duggan writes "The first recorded talk by Richard Stallman on free software was in 1986, so I've picked from the 2006 recordings and have made a transcript of a recent talk: The Free Software Movement and the Future of Freedom. Those two are the only transcripts of his general free software talk. Others that exist are on specific topics such as patents, GPLv3, copyright, etc. For those who've been reading Slashdot during the gradual evolution of Stallman's pronouncements, it's interesting to see what has changed over 20 years."

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evolution

[Speare]

For those who've been reading Slashdot during the gradual evolution of Stallman's pronouncements, it's interesting to see what has changed over 20 years.

Nothing for you to see here; move along.

Truer words never 403'd.

Re:Open Stallman

[Hijacked Public]

How about just replacing the entire Stallman with a CGI character that reads from a wiki based on public transcripts?

Correct me if I'm wrong...

[Zirtix]

Wouldn't it be more efficient to just distribute the diff?

--- oldspeech
+++ newspeech
@@ -202905339 +202905339,2 @@
Software should be free.
+Software patents are bad.

Its a Joy hearing Mr Stallman speak

[ravee]

I have viewed a couple of videos of Stallman's speeches and have transcripted one of them. Listening him speak, I couldn't help thinking that he has all the qualities of a leader. His speeches strike a cord and entertain at the same time. He has very good oratorical skills.