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Re:Why Software Should Be Free (2002) by zozbot234 on Monday August 10, 2020 @09:54AM (#24109239)
> Stallman has largely ignored the web developments.

See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-s... for Stallman's take on Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS). He seems to broadly agree with parent's points wrt. this industry; he's certainly not "ignoring" them.

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Re:Why Software Should Be Free (2002) by crocko on Monday August 10, 2020 @09:22PM (#24116268)
It is irrelevant though whether he is paying attention. The most successful work under the GPL (the Linux Kernel) development is steered by the companies that he attempted to wrestle control back from.
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