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2 RMS Books Hit Version 2.0

Posted by timothy on from the just-in-time-for-mother's-day dept.

jrepin writes "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has just released in tandem the second edition of its president and founder Richard Stallman's selected essays, Free Software, Free Society, and his semi-autobiography, Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution."

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  1. Free as in BSD by carlhaagen · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because a license that ties the hands of the developer is not equal to freedom. Freedom is not freedom unless it involves both end-user AND developer.

    1. Re:Free as in BSD by beelsebob · · Score: 0, Troll

      Okay, that's fine – don't give your code away for free, use the GPL... But don't claim you're protecting freedom when you're doing it.

  2. Save 10 percent? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's up with that? You'd think the text would be available free online.