Err... no I don't think RMS is a Libertarian. I'm pretty sure he thinks that the government should have a role in software freedom. IIRC he has mentioned this before.
I think that would rule out anarchism also wouldn't it? I get the impression he has socialist leanings but it would be very hard to put him in a pre-prepared political box. Jason I know you Americans still have that post MacArthy anti-Communist thing going on :-) which is why his enemies in USA accuse him of it. On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 21:46, Jason Greenwood wrote: > I think the modern equivalent of the term you are looking for is > "Libertarian." I believe RMS's Ideals are closely aligned with the > Libertarian way of thinking, which incidentally is closely alligned with > my own. =) > > Cheers > > Jason > > Wesley Parish wrote: > > Having waded through the "Communist Manifesto" and read Malatesta's > > "Anarchism", I would wholeheartedly agree. But I think that RMS is even more > > closely connected to the earlier European artisan-socialists like William > > Morris, author and wallpaper manufacturer - not to forget, typographer. > > > > Wesley Parish > > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:18, you wrote: > > > >>On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 12:53, Carl Douglas wrote: > >> > >>>Yes - RMS is absolutely pro Freedom. I guess the analagy to > >>>immigration then is that the world ought be a Free place and anyone > >>>ought to have the Freedom to travel and look under the hood of any > >>>society/culture/commnuity and contribute to it, just as they would a > >>>Free piece of software. > >> > >>The biggest mistake you could make with RMS is to think that he is a > >>communist. He is not. He is an anarchist. > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------- Regards, Zane Gilmore (Linux nerd since 1998) ____________________________________________________ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.:- A.C.Clark ____________________________________________________
