Re:Richard Stallman Explains [video]
by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:26AM
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RMS bangs on about freedom being the ability to have collective / individual control over software by being in possession of, and compiling the, source code.
How does he reconcile this with, say, being in possession of his own DNA, but not knowing how to compile from source.
Is RMS really free if he can't inspect, modify, and tinker with, his own software and hardware.
In the RMS World there would be no life allowed unless all life came with GPL'ed Abiogenesis.
Re:Richard Stallman Explains [video]
by teekert on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:28AM
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He can't but nothing stops him from developing methods with which he can edit his DNA and subsequently applying those methods. So the DNA analogy is not valid, he is the owner of his DNA.
How does he reconcile this with, say, being in possession of his own DNA, but not knowing how to compile from source.
Is RMS really free if he can't inspect, modify, and tinker with, his own software and hardware.
In the RMS World there would be no life allowed unless all life came with GPL'ed Abiogenesis.
Because non-free abiogenesis is unethical.