Word: stallman
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...commercial software, and if you have to, at least use an illegal copy," was the most memorable line from the talk Richard Stallman gave in early April to a sparse group of diehard Harvard computer junkies...
Virtually unknown outside the computing community, Richard Stallman is one of the most bizarre, and certainly the most outspoken, member of it. He achieved fame by developing EMACS, the text editing program of choice for most computer users who work with machines larger than...
Instead of selling EMACS, Stallman gives away the product of his years of effort--because he believes that all software should be free...
...Richard Stallman's suggests using only "free" software to stay on the moral high ground, helping your neighbors without running afoul of the law. "Free," in this context, does not necessarily mean without charge; software users should certainly expect to pay for diskettes and manuals. But since this kind of software is free from copyright restrictions, owners can make hundreds of duplicates for friends who want copies...
Even Richard Stallman cannot abide by this high standard. To do anything more than beep when it is turned on, a computer needs an operating system. PCs require DOS, Macs use System 7, and workstations and mainframes use UNIX...