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Article: We need more of Richard Stallman, not less (ploum.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to start a discussion of MIT vs GPL and see what you all think

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's a link to a list of several of his essays with links to translations and various collateral material: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/

As a young programmer when he wrote it, I really enjoyed The Cathedral and the Bazaar.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's Eric S Raymond (ESR) not Richard Stallman (RMS). ESR was an early and influencial voice in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), advocating for a distinction between Open Source and Free Software, acknowledging the GNU Public License (GPL) would not work for all parties, some flexibility was need.

RMS is a GPL purist and against any form of compromise. Both made a huge impact and helped make the world and internet better. But they both contributed in very different ways.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once again, I confuse the two. :) Thanks for pointing it out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No worries. It's all good. 😁