Dear clueless assholes: stop bashing bash and GNU.

[weev]

This is a defense of the most prolific and dedicated public servant that has graced the world in my lifetime. One man has added hundreds of billions, if not trillions of dollars of value to the global economy. This man has worked tirelessly for the benefit of everyone around him. It is impossible to name a publicly traded company that has not

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[anonymous]

Really well said. He's like the lion being nipped at by jackals.

[weev]

also please read this post on Medium by maradydd perfectly explaining this tragedy of the commons.

[officialdannyb]

thank you for this

[wasdely]

If LJ had a "like" button I would mash it for this post.

Stallman is, and has been, my personal hero ever since I learned, some 10 years ago, who he was and what he did. Getting to bring him to my last employer and introduce him before a speech where he literally trolled half of our board might be my greatest joy to date.

[atomly]

fuck yes. thank you for this-- rms is one if the few truly awesome people in the world.

[darmund]

If this software is free why the fuck should anyone write this dude a check for creating it? Doing so completely and utterly defeats the purpose of it being free, you doltish shitcrumple. Oh, how's your vaunted hedge fund doing?

[darmund]

Dear darmund

[weev]

1) Free software is free as in freedom, not as in beer. The word freedom there implies that the code will remain open and that it cannot be secretly squirreled away and backdoored by entities friendly to state authority. It does not mean that the people who make contributions should be impoverished indefinitely.

2) I got told "you can't do that" by lawyers too many times, so I expatriated and left for a nation whose laws are more friendly to its operation. Once I get residency here established it will go forward.

[darmund]

And then you read the gnu gpl and realize that "freedom" line is a massive crock of shit. But whatever gets you through the night, bro.