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Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Re: Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Post by oldmanjay »

kuschku wrote: post #6
joesmo wrote: post #4

Trust is indeed a huge issue that seems to be misunderstood and misapplied in the software community. Stallman's views on trust may seem radical, but he's pretty much right. Over and over I see the things he warns about come true and I trust companies and other entities less and less. It's kind of disheartening to see the huge potential of cloud infrastructure, amongst other technologies, going to waste.

It’s always said when the worst dystopic visions become truth. [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html [2] http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/

It's a pretty hard stretch to qualify our society as dystopic because of John Deere and kindle

Re: Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Post by jacobush »

oldmanjay wrote: post #11
kuschku wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s always said when the worst dystopic visions become truth. [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html [2] http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/

It's a pretty hard stretch to qualify our society as dystopic because of John Deere and kindle

Yes. There are much worse things going on. They are nice case studies though.

Re: Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Post by juraj24 »

dajbelshaw wrote: post #13

It was my first time meeting Stallman at the Indie Tech Summit (where I also met the CloudFleet guys). He's a little eccentric, but he's one of the reasons I'm now on a Linux machine instead of a Mac!

You should then use Stalman-invented name gnu/linux. :-)

Re: Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Post by whyever »

0xFFC wrote: post #16
dajbelshaw wrote: post #13

It was my first time meeting Stallman at the Indie Tech Summit (where I also met the CloudFleet guys). He's a little eccentric, but he's one of the reasons I'm now on a Linux machine instead of a Mac!

GNU/Linux?

If you do this, shouldn't it be GNU/BSD/Firefox/Linux?

Re: Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Post by mark_l_watson »

metakermit wrote: post #5
brennannovak wrote: post #3

Really cool project! As CloudFleet was one of the first backers of Mailpile (disclaimer, I co-founded it), I've always loved their concept and am stoked it's coming to light :)

Yeah, for the HN people interested in CloudFleet, I recommend you visit our technology overview at http://cloudfleet.readthedocs.org/en/latest/doc/technology/t...

Thanks for posting the link. I might try setting up Blimp on my Pi 2.

Re: Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Post by _Simon »

crististm wrote: post #10

Do you have an agenda or you just can't think on your own? By your own description you should up your game a little before writing off some argument as "laughable".

Wow. You do realise that you at part of the problem described? Zero tolerance of others views and a reluctance to listen to criticism followed by petty name calling? I'd love for there to be an adult discussion about software freedom, but that can't happen because Stallman and his followers won't engage in open discussion without posts like yours.

Re: Richard Stallman on Data Autonomy [video]

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Post by legulere »

joesmo wrote: post #4

Trust is indeed a huge issue that seems to be misunderstood and misapplied in the software community. Stallman's views on trust may seem radical, but he's pretty much right. Over and over I see the things he warns about come true and I trust companies and other entities less and less. It's kind of disheartening to see the huge potential of cloud infrastructure, amongst other technologies, going to waste.

There is also lots of points where he's pretty detached from reality. One reason he doesn't browse the web is that non free software javascript would somehow hurt him. He's the reason why GCC is so monolithic and why so much progress was hindered in the last years. He thinks that non-copyleft licensed projects can't work when there are tons of counterexamples.
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