Richard Stallman's Bank Account

Posted by JoelJacobson on Saturday September 15, 2012 @01:17PM
from the self-post dept.

Anyone knows if he even has one? If so, in what bank? What bank is 100% open source? Like his laptop and its BIOS.

Maybe its time to start an open source bank...

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by systemtrigger on Saturday September 15, 2012 @02:37PM (#4526871)

"Since I object to general surveillance, I use cash for ordinary retail purchases. I use a credit card only in the situations where I am forced to disclose my identity anyway: car rental, airplane tickets, and hotels."

http://stallman.org/archives/2003-sep-dec.html

"If you buy by credit card, companies and governments can monitor what you buy, too. So I buy things with cash. If the business says 'no cash', say 'no sale'.

http://stallman.org/archives/2010-nov-feb.html

"I never use self-checkout machines unless a store gives me no choice..."

http://stallman.org/archives/2011-nov-feb.html

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by JoelJacobson on Saturday September 15, 2012 @02:55PM (#4526951)

How does he get hold of cash? He must at least have an ATM-compatible card. In what bank?

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by jason_slack on Saturday September 15, 2012 @02:27PM (#4526843)

I had to chuckle at this but banks far superseded his passion for completely open sourced solutions so I think he just tolerates it like we all do...

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by machosx on Saturday September 15, 2012 @01:58PM (#4526757)

The Free Banking Foundation.

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by wmf on Saturday September 15, 2012 @02:36PM (#4526869)

Bitcoin?

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by systemtrigger on Saturday September 15, 2012 @02:42PM (#4526892)

He is speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in London this weekend.

https://sites.google.com/a/bitcoin2012.com/homepage/speakers

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by glazemaster on Saturday September 15, 2012 @01:41PM (#4526696)

How about an "open vault" bank?

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Re:Richard Stallman's Bank Account by googoobaby on Saturday September 15, 2012 @01:32PM (#4526669)

He keeps all his savings in the form of bath soap.

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