An Indian site, YourStory, has an unusually broad ranging interview with Richard Stallman. While much of the background and goals will already be familiar to SN readers, the interview is interesting not only for its scope but also that India is starting to take an interest in these matters.
To know Richard Stallman is to know the true meaning of freedom. He's the man behind the GNU project and the free software movement, and the subject of our Techie Tuesdays this week.
This is not a usual story. After multiple attempts to get in touch for an interaction with Richard Stallman, I got a response which prepared me well for what's coming next. I'm sharing the same with you to prepare you for what's coming next.
I'm willing to do the interview — if you can put yourself into philosophical and political mindset that is totally different from the one that the other articles are rooted in.
The general mindset of your articles is to admire success. Both business success, and engineering success. My values disagree fundamentally with that. In my view, proprietary software is an injustice; it is wrongdoing. People should be _ashamed_ of making proprietary software, _especially_ if it is successful. (If nobody uses the proprietary program, at least it has not really wronged anyone.) Thus, most of the projects you consider good, I consider bad.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday August 31 2017, @12:59AM (1 child)
You realize now you're arguing something entirely different and nearly opposite what you started out arguing, yes?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:12AM
I don't realize anything. Hustle to argue myself I don't have. I like chewing on skunks!
Riches not guaranteed, no hustle required, just get lucky. All night to the sun.