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On Monday, Prof. Richard Stallman visited CERN. I attended his lecture on “The ethics of free software”, and I must say I loved it. I had seen one of his lectures 4 years ago, back at FEUP. At the time, Free Software was still a growing passion, and Stallman was quickly adopted as the example of the great philosopher (and developer) who changed the world.
Today I see him as a front figure of the FLOSS movement, always trying to reinforce the “F”, sometimes losing some points because of some of his private obsessions (this “GNU/Linux vs. Linux” history), his extreme opinions (the idea that there should be no proprietary software at all), and his lack of hesitation when it comes to talk politics. In the other hand, I find the ideas of GNU and FSF completely true, mainly those who concern about individual freedom and access to information.

• Information on Stallman’s lecture

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