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RMS Talks Net Neutrality, Patents, and More

Posted by samzenpus on from the straight-from-the-man dept.

alphadogg writes "According to Richard Stallman, godfather of the free software movement, Facebook is a "monstrous surveillance engine," tech companies working for patent reform aren't going nearly far enough, and parents must lobby their children's schools to keep data private and provide free software alternatives. The free software guru touched on a host of topics in his keynote Saturday at the LibrePlanet conference, a Free Software Foundation gathering at the Scala Center at MIT.

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  1. Where's the article? by Crazy+Taco · · Score: 5, Funny

    This seems like a new low for slashdot. I mean, I know we all aren't going to read the article or anything, but a link to it should still be there so that we can feel like we read it!

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  2. Facebook == evil? by serviscope_minor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From TFS: According to RMS, Facebook is a "monstrous surveillance engine,"

    Frankly, I think he's being excessively kind on Facebook there and that's the last thing I would have expected from him!

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