Re:China to Set Up ‘Security Offices’ Inside Internet Companies
by codeshaman on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @12:30PM
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Stallman's book on my book shelf is called "Free Software, Free Society" and I believe the spirit of GPL goes beyond just software.
It's the idea that sharing and collaboration will bring us more freedom - freedom from opressors or owners of any kind, who can control our lives for their benefit.
I believe this to be the deeper philosophical implication of free and open source software. It's the dream of a better, freer, smarter society.
So I don't think government spying is perfectly in the spirit of free software, it's exactly opposite to it.
It's the idea that sharing and collaboration will bring us more freedom - freedom from opressors or owners of any kind, who can control our lives for their benefit.
I believe this to be the deeper philosophical implication of free and open source software. It's the dream of a better, freer, smarter society.
So I don't think government spying is perfectly in the spirit of free software, it's exactly opposite to it.