On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:09:19 -0500, "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 08:45 am, HaywireMac wrote: > > Stallman's answers really strike a chord with me, though I have to > > say I think his stance on Debian is a bit much. > > > > Anyway, he has some interesting things to say about DRM, Free > > Software, and the linkage between software and politics. > > > > http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=260 > > > > Can FS users be "apolitical", can we separate politics from our > > choice of an OS? Or maybe the question should be, can we *risk* > > being apolitical when our choice of OS is "under attack" so to > > speak? > > I was fortunate enough to hear RMS speak on a Linux Lunacy tour a few > years ago. Awesome stuff, I was really impressed.
Saw him in Sheffield a few weeks ago. He spoke for nearly two hours without notes, and without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Unfortunately the talk was about European Software Patents, which is inherently boring, but even so I'm glad I saw him. I'd hoped to smuggle my five month old daughter in, in case some of the genius rubbed off, but she's discovered yodelling. Richard -- Art is not a reproducible result. Creativity is a profoundly subjective act.
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