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http://www.newscientist.com

"One of the founding fathers of "free software" and an esteemed elder of the hacking community, Richard Stallman has made defending people's freedoms his life's work. That usually means supplying hackers with software and attacking copyright law. But as he tells Michael Reilly, his advocacy of personal freedoms extends to the protection of true democracy and of the human rights increasingly being trampled on in the US and elsewhere..."

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Balzac's picture

Balzac

1 year 12 weeks 12 hours 42 min ago

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"One of the founding fathers of free software"

If RMS is "One of the founding fathers of free software", who are the other founding fathers?

Any ideas?

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aboutblank

1 year 12 weeks 11 hours 43 min ago

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The original board of the

The original board of the FSF?

Balzac's picture

Balzac

1 year 11 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago

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Well, if they are "founding fathers"...

...then RMS is the "Godfather" of free software.

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schestowitz

1 year 11 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago

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God-father?

I'm not sure how he would feel about the substring "god". :-)