Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
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Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#2and they publish it as a PDF file?
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#3and they publish it as a PDF file?
The PDF is output from Texinfo (the GNU documentation system), which the book was typeset in. The .texi source files are also published.
Plus, it is primarily known as a dead-tree book, not as something published digitially.
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#4Stallman is my man.
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#5One of the things that free software lacks strength is in EDA tools. There were people who created free software for hardware guys but with the lack of fund and volunteers, the development deteriorates. While hardware development is not easy compared to software development, I hope there will be a strong move in EDA tool development.
Free software deserves the praise for saving everyone's ass.
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#6Well this is going to be a fun read.
For anyone that wants a physical copy. Not from Amazon, of course: https://shop.fsf.org/books-docs/free-software-free-society-s...
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#7One of the things that free software lacks strength is in EDA tools. There were people who created free software for hardware guys but with the lack of fund and volunteers, the development deteriorates. While hardware development is not easy compared to software development, I hope there will be a strong move in EDA tool development. Free software deserves the praise for saving everyone's ass.
Kicad is great, but suffers from the library system.
There really needs to be a standard file format for a part in the electronics industry that has the symbol, pinout diagram, footprint, and 3d model in one file, to make it easy to integrate with existing products. So much time is wasted making your own symbols, pinouts, and footprints.
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#8Is this the first edition?
There is a third edition, so why not post it instead?
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#9It's got _The Right to Read_. I think that does a better job explaining why we should care about the freedoms he's spent his life trying to advance than perhaps the entire collection of his other writings.
I just re-read it, and for some reason it made me think of this old science fiction story from some 1950s pulp zine that I only learned about because of a Neil Gaiman essay: _Business As Usual, During Alterations_[1]. The story made my bookmarks. The Gaiman essay did not :-)
[1](http://www.vb-tech.co.za/ebooks/Williams%20Ralph%20-%20Busin...)
Re: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]
#10Is this the first edition? There is a third edition, so why not post it instead? https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf
One guess might be that the forward for the third edition was provided by Jacob Appelbaum, who turned out to be not such a cool guy.
I’m glad the version with the Lessig forward was posted (though I should probably read the new essays, too).