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Free software pioneer Stallman reveals cancer diagnosis (www.theregister.com)

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[–] TheWoozy 43 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

RMS is the patron saint (and prophet) of open source. Like all saints he can be an A-hole zealot.

I want to thank Richard for being the a-hole zealot the world has needed. The whole F-ing world is in debt to his relentless, tireless work.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don’t want to be pedantic in reply to a heartfelt comment but since I believe Richard himself would say this: he advocates for free software which is fundamentally different from open source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're right, and anyone who thinks otherwise should check out Revolution OS. He speaks about it in detail.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RYQVkQmWU

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

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[–] Touching_Grass 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He's someone I think who will truly be appreciated when its to late. Like when we're getting our amazon anal trackers inserted by our yearly google healthcare visit we'll have a moment that we should have appreciated him morw

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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