software.newsforge.com — Irony: "Richard Stallman, the founding father of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the GPL, was charging $3 for an autograph and $2 to get his picture taken by free software enthusiasts"
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acceptab1eunameApr 30, 2006
What makes it worse (at least for me) is that I realized that there are no *lyrics* to the Imperial March...
boredzoMay 1, 2006
Quick, somebody create an open-source clone of Richard M. Stallman.
speedmasterMay 1, 2006
A couple thoughts.First, why would anyone want his autograph?Second, I would imagine that anyone that paid for his autograph to believe they got their money's worth, or they wouldn't have bought it.
daiverMay 1, 2006
The guy lives off conferencing. Give him a break. Besides, it was for the Foundation (or so the article says...)
mermMay 1, 2006
>"Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of "free'' as in "free speech,'' not as in "free beer."For that to work would require people a society that understands what "free speech" is. Good luck on that.
johnmarkosMay 1, 2006
His actions are totally consistent with his principles. Now, what if someone was making photocopies of his autograph? What if someone had a cardboard Richard Stallman cutout and was taking pictures of people with the cutout? To stop *them* would be against free (as in speech) auto/photograph principles.
zephironMay 1, 2006
Whats worse is stupid people paying for said autograph
zephironMay 1, 2006
That's what I say about MS.