Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman [pdf]

Post by acehw » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 1:58 AM UTC

confounded wrote: post #10

acehw wrote: post #8

Is 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).

Post by Retroity » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 2:03 AM UTC

danShumway wrote: post #11

Greedy question, is this available (for purchase or otherwise) as an epub? The FSF only seems to carry it physically. Essay collections are great to carry around on an e-reader and bust out whenever I have a tiny bit of free time, but my device really doesn't handle PDFs very well. Edit: I'm going to assume that the source is available online in some kind of pure-text format, although I'm having trouble locating it.…

Post by userbinator » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 2:07 AM UTC

e19293001 wrote: post #5

One 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.

Post by nvr219 » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 2:25 AM UTC

Post by cocacola1 » Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 2:46 AM UTC

danShumway wrote: post #11

Greedy question, is this available (for purchase or otherwise) as an epub? The FSF only seems to carry it physically. Essay collections are great to carry around on an e-reader and bust out whenever I have a tiny bit of free time, but my device really doesn't handle PDFs very well. Edit: I'm going to assume that the source is available online in some kind of pure-text format, although I'm having trouble locating it.…