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Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week

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Re: Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week

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Post by avryhof »

sleepysysadmin wrote: post #14

Edit/Sorry it was a joke about RMS.

Mike: Lenny, officially, the Church will not take any position on the religious implications of these phenomena. Personally, Lenny, I think it's a sign from God. But don't quote me on that.
Peter Venkman: I think that's a smart move, Mike.
Mayor Lenny: Now, I'm not gonna call a press conference and tell everyone to start praying.
Winston Zeddemore: I'm, uh, Winston Zeddemore, Your Honor. I've only been with the company for a couple of weeks, but I gotta tell you: these things are real. Since I joined these men, I have seen shit that'll turn you white!
Peter Venkman: Well, you can believe Mr. Pecker...
Walter Peck: My name is "Peck."
Peter Venkman: ...or you could accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor Lenny: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor. Real Wrath-of-God type stuff!
Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Egon Spengler: 40 years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes!
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!

Re: Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week

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Post by userbinator »

ChrisSD wrote: post #7

An English language article: https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-software-advocate-richard... Also Pedro Paulo explained what the content of the talk was: > Mostly standard talk. Importance of free software, GPL v3, GNU vs Linux. However, he had a list of "small requests": make Github push users to better software license hygiene, make hardware manufacturers to publish their hardware specs, make it easier to workaroun…

Agree strongly with the last two requests, but not so much the first one (but I guess it's to be expected for RMS.)

Re: Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week

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Post by Macha »

userbinator wrote: post #25
ChrisSD wrote: post #7

An English language article: https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-software-advocate-richard... Also Pedro Paulo explained what the content of the talk was: > Mostly standard talk. Importance of free software, GPL v3, GNU vs Linux. However, he had a list of "small requests": make Github push users to better software license hygiene, make hardware manufacturers to publish their hardware specs, make it easier to workaroun…

Agree strongly with the last two requests, but not so much the first one (but I guess it's to be expected for RMS.)

What's so objectionable about that. Honestly one of the more annoying to find problems with GitHub (and npm) is MIT licensed software with GPL dependencies, and even if you want to have closed source software on GitHub, having a "this software is closed source" UI element is still better license hygiene without forcing everything open source.

I think honestly this is something other providers (Google code when it was around, gitlab now) are much better at.

Re: Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week

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Post by nailer »

ChrisSD wrote: post #7

An English language article: https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-software-advocate-richard... Also Pedro Paulo explained what the content of the talk was: > Mostly standard talk. Importance of free software, GPL v3, GNU vs Linux. However, he had a list of "small requests": make Github push users to better software license hygiene, make hardware manufacturers to publish their hardware specs, make it easier to workaroun…

dang / sctb could you please change the link to the English one? Thanks.

Re: Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week

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Post by de_watcher »

jaboutboul wrote: post #20
craigsmansion wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Contrary to what you seem imply, this is not some sort of vindication for Microsoft. Anyone can invite rms to speak, and given some minor conditions, he will come. He will come and talk because he believes that everyone deserves Free Software. This is not monumental in any sort of "MS and the FSF coming closer together" sense. It was very nice of Microsoft to invite him though, but not more impressive than, say, a Un…

It’s not a vindication of anything other than the free software movement and philosophy and how its permeated everywhere. It is more impressive than speaking at another venue because this just shows how open minded they’ve become now and I give them great credit for that if not anything else. Satya’s created such a seismic shift in mindset there in such a short time.

No, no shifts in MS or in Satya. It's just Google's web who ate the world. And the move to smartphones.

Re: Richard Stallman spoke at Microsoft Research this week

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Post by garmaine »

Macha wrote: post #27
userbinator wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agree strongly with the last two requests, but not so much the first one (but I guess it's to be expected for RMS.)

What's so objectionable about that. Honestly one of the more annoying to find problems with GitHub (and npm) is MIT licensed software with GPL dependencies, and even if you want to have closed source software on GitHub, having a "this software is closed source" UI element is still better license hygiene without forcing everything open source. I think honestly this is something other providers (Google code when it was…

Um, GPL is not “closed source.”
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