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Ask Richard Stallman Anything

Posted by samzenpus on from the ask-away dept.

Richard Stallman (RMS) founded the GNU Project in 1984, the Free Software Foundation in 1985, and remains one of the most important and outspoken advocates for software freedom. RMS now spends much of his time fighting excessive extension of copyright laws, digital rights management, and software patents. He's agreed to answer your questions about GNU/Linux, free software, and anything else you like, but please limit yourself to one question per post.

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  1. GPL vs BSD by allots · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My question to RMS is.. why he thinks GPL is better license than BSD license?

    BSD license is ultimately more free than GPL because it allows people to monetarize their BSD-based software products. GPL does not allow this freedom but closes it out. Why is so bad that companies and people must be prohibited from earning living from open source code? Yes, you could potentially sell your open source software but that hardly works. Some kind of products (for example games) can't be really sold support to, either.

  2. Do you like being worshiped ? by lemur3 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Really.. for some people you seem to be some God, and software is the religion.

    What do you think of the hero worship?

  3. Onesies by tomknight · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you prefer to wear onesies with or without feet?

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    Oh arse